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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 at 2:17 pm Posted by smp

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Obese Kids Have Old Arteries (HealthDay)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:03 PM CST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Kids these days are 13 going on 45, at least when it comes to their arteries.

Obese children have middle-aged arteries: study (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:00 PM CST

A young boy in a nutritional reeducation center in 2004. The neck arteries of obese children and teenagers experience similar strain as those of middle-aged adults, US researchers said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - The neck arteries of obese children and teenagers experience similar strain as those of middle-aged adults, US researchers said Tuesday.

Obese kids' arteries look like middle-aged adults' (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:29 PM CST

Reuters - An obese child's arteries may be just as clogged as the arteries of someone who is middle-aged, researchers said on Tuesday.

Weight-loss surgery may improve IVF outcomes (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 02:20 PM CST

Reuters - Preliminary findings from patients who underwent obesity surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, at Washington University in St. Louis, indicate that this procedure used to induce weight loss may improve the ability of morbidly obese women to conceive after undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).

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