Obesity from childhood to adulthood may lead to the metabolic syndrome

Obesity from childhood to adulthood may lead to the metabolic syndrome

Obesity is an important modulator of the metabolic syndrome, a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors associated with insulin resistance. To see whether obesity in childhood influenced the development of the syndrome in adulthood Vanhala et al (p 319) examined the prevalence of the syndrome in a middle aged populationand traced records of weight and height at age 7 in 439 men andwomen. They found that obese adults who had been obese as childrenhad an increased risk of developing the syndrome.

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Relation between obesity from childhood to adulthood and the metabolic syndrome: population based study: Mauno Vanhala, Pasi Vanhala, Esko Kumpusalo, Pirjo Halonen, and Jorma Takala
BMJ 1998 317: 319-320. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]