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Two New Studies Confirm Childhood Obesity Dangers - MedHeadlines- Childhood Obesity News

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Med Headlines - Two studies released today further confirm that childhood obesity is spiraling out of control and puts millions of children throughout the world at risk for premature heart attacks and strokes. One study examined how excess weight affected the fate of more than 250,000 young people who were examined in 1930 and followed through adulthood. Taken together, doctors say, the studies provide new evidence that excess weight does affect a child’s long-term risk of heart disease and can lower life expectancy. David Ludwig of Children’s Hospital in Boston, who published a controversial study two years ago suggesting that obesity could two to five years off the average child’s life span. In a recent seminar presented to the Radiological Society of North America, Nicholas M Perry, MBBS, of the London Breast Institute, suggested a connection between breast density and women who live or work in urban settings. When treating acute pain in the lower back, the best results may come with the least expense, risk, and lifestyle changes for the patient. Read Childhood Obesity

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