Unfortunately, it’s true.Here’s the highlights:

• Using ultrasound imaging, doctors have found that the carotid arteries in the necks of obese teens and children as young as 10 had fatty buildup like that of a typical 45-year-old and other signs they’re at risk to develop heart disease.
• That’s especially troubling since “the state of your arteries is more important than your actual age in the evolution of heart disease and stroke,”
• The researchers found that obese children who had abnormal fat buildup in their arteries also had too much LDL, or “bad cholesterol,” in their blood.
• Children with high levels of triglycerides, another type of fat, in their blood were especially prone to having arteries that looked much older than they were.
• “The combination of obesity and high triglycerides should be a red flag to the doctor that a child is at high risk of heart disease,” Raghuveer said.

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“More children are harmed by poor nutrition than drugs, alchols, and tobacco combined”  Dr. Katz, Yale Univesity.

This research reflects that. 

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