Losing Baby Fat Lowers Heart Risks Later

[Northerner]

Obese children who grow up into normal-weight adults have the same cardiovascular risk as people without a history of obesity, according to a meta-analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine. Obese children are at high risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease but the contribution of childhood obesity to long-term cardiovascular risk, independent of adult weight, has never been clearly established, researchers said.

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