Childhood Obesity Leads to Enlarged Heart-Study
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Obese children grow up to have  bigger left ventricles in their hearts, putting them at risk  for heart disease, researchers said on Monday.
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Being overweight is bad for kids' health, but a new study finds it's also bad for their education
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Children who are obese are damaging their feet and may have problems walking, a study suggests.
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Larger babies have higher risk of developing certain cancers in adulthood, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ   failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes,   which often develops in people with a high body mass index   (BMI).
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Higher salt diets in children lead to raised blood pressure which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, according to a study based on data collected in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
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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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NEW YORK  - A childhood involving abuse,  neglect, and household dysfunction increases the risk of heart  disease in adulthood, according to a report in the online issue  of the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart  Association.
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New research has revealed that there may be a link between obesity and the loss of brain tissue. According to researchers from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, in Sweden, carrying extra weight and conditions
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Overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters, an international charity said on Monday.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds.
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World Heart Day is focusing on life-threatening risks of obesity in children. The World Health Organization and World Heart Federation warn, overweight children are three-to-five times more likely to suffer
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Oct. 28, 2004 -- Being overweight after age 40 could double a man&#39;s stroke risk, a new study shows. It&#39;s more evidence that obesity is a major -- but modifiable -- risk factor for numerous chronic health problems
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MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The self-esteem of children who become overweight or obese is likely to fall, claims a new study that confirms what many heavy children and their parents already know.
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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Parents are often unaware when their children are overweight or obese, a study says.
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Two new studies shed light on the role obesity may play in causing heart attacks and, surprisingly, keeping them from being fatal.