Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Childhood Obesity More Than Doubles Risk of Death before Age 55
Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 3:01 PMChildhood obesity more than doubles the risk of dying before age 55, according to a new long-term study that followed nearly 5,000 children. The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Although recent data suggest a leveling off of obesity in the U.S., one in six teens is obese.
Knowler and his colleagues evaluated 4,857 American Indian children who were born between 1945 and 1984, then followed them long-term. Most participants were at least half Pima or Tohono O'odham Indian. They lived in the area of the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona.
Labels: obesity, William C. Knowler
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