Overweight In Adolescence Gives Increased Mortality Rate, Study Shows
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
People who were already overweight in adolescence (14-19 years old) have an increased mortality rate from a range of chronic diseases as adults; endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, colon cancer and respiratory diseases. There were also many cases of sudden death in this group.