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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 at 2:19 pm Posted by smp

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Obese Kids Have Old Arteries (HealthDay)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 10:47 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)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Kids these days are 13 going on 45, at least when it comes to their arteries.

Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:10 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)AP - Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside.

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