Today's teens will die younger of heart disease, study finds

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 18:31 in Health & Medicine

A new study of adolescent cardiovascular health in the US reveals a bleak picture of teens likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today. The alarming health profiles of 5,547 children and adolescents, ages 12 to 19, reveal high blood sugar, obesity, lousy diets, little physical activity and smoking.

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