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(Childhood Obesity News) Childhood obesity may spell thyroid troubles - The Money Times

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The study featuring in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism pronounces a clear link between hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid function) and weight gain. While an underactive thyroid gland slows the process of metabolism, the overproduction of the hormones over-stimulates the metabolism. Besides the blood test measuring their thyroid hormone levels and thyroid antibodies, the children went through ultrasound tests which captured the structural changes in the thyroid. Interestingly, while the changes in thyroid structure signaled the presence of an autoimmune disease Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a condition in which in which T-cells mistakenly attack the thyroid, the thyroid antibody scores contradicted its presence. Moreover, as the BMI (Body Mass Index is defined as the individual’s body weight divided by the square of their height) increased, the thyroid hormone levels were known to decrease. Read Childhood Obesity

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