Study ties childhood growth to adulthood blood pressure
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NEW YORK  - Two distinct patterns of childhood growth may raise the odds of developing high blood pressure later in life, a new study suggests.
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The children of parents who live to a ripe old age may face a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease when they themselves reach middle age, according to a study published Monday.
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The number of U.S. children with  chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past  four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and  public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday.
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DALLAS - Nearly a third of American adults have high blood pressure, putting them at greater risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and other problems, according to a new government analysis.    The obesity epidemic and an aging population are to blame, experts say...
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The number of American children with chronic health problems such as obesity, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said yesterday.
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Science & environment: US study finds that a child's risk of becoming overweight is mostly down to nature, not nurture
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NEW YORK  - Children with a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors that define the so-called metabolic syndrome are very likely to have the syndrome in mid-adulthood, or even overt heart disease or diabetes, according to a new study.
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A childhood involving abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction increases the risk of heart disease in adulthood, according to a report in the online issue
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NEW YORK  - Physically active young adults are less likely than their more sedentary peers to develop high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, a new study confirms.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 11 : Teenagers, whose bodies are resistant to insulin, face a greater risk of suffering from high blood pressure and obesity later in life, claims a new research.
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Parents insist that how kids turn out depends on when they were born. More and more, science agrees
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Obese children are more likely than normal-weight kids to have dangerously enlarged heart muscles as they enter adulthood, according to a Tulane University study in the November issue of the journal Circulation.
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Adults eat twice as many fruits and  vegetables as they did when they were children and take in less  fat and sugar, according to a new study.
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Aug. 23, 2004 -- The number of adults in the US with high blood pressure increased by nearly a third during the last 10 years, according to the latest government figures.
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NEW YORK  - The effects of low birth weight  on academic achievement persist well into adolescence, even  among young people from relatively affluent backgrounds, a new  study shows.
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Adults eat twice as many fruits and vegetables as they did when they were children and take in less fat and sugar, according to a new study.
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Babies who are breastfed are more likely to move up the social ladder as adults, a study claims.