Want To Keep Your Child From Becoming Obese? You Need To Know These 3 Risk Factors
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 19:10
in Health & Medicine
Obesity is a growing problem, that is the downside to a a world where agricultural science has allowed plentiful food to be grown cheaply. With kids the problem is compounded. Obese youth are more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure. A population-based sample of 5- to 17-year-olds, 70% of obese youth had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control. read more