Obese children, or lead to premature aging artery heart disease

A U.S. study found that obese children premature aging of arteries. This may lead to heart disease.

Researchers at the 11th meeting of the American Heart Association announced the results of the study.



Arterial aging

The researchers found a 10-year-old age of about obese children, and his status is equivalent to one artery 45-year-old middle-aged. Other aspects of obesity lead to abnormal heart greatly increased the possibility of children suffering from heart disease.

Research project leader, University of Missouri School of Medicine professor of pediatrics吉塔拉Gourville said the study means that the 30-year-old obese children may have contracted on a heart attack or stroke. "This is a wake-up call for people."

Raghu Neville led research team found 70-year-old age of 10 to 16 children between the ages by ultrasound measurements of their internal carotid artery wall thickness. Measurement results, the vast majority of children in the body of abnormal cholesterol levels, commonly known as "bad cholesterol" and high levels of low density lipoprotein, the so-called "good cholesterol" while the high-density lipoprotein concentration low, the state of their arteries as if 45-year-old middle-aged.

Subjects included 34 boys and 36 girls, average age 13 years old. Raghu Neville said that these children "vascular age" older than the actual 30-year-old.



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Carotid artery to deliver blood to the brain. Obesity lead to carotid intima-media thickness increase means that the formation of fatty plaques. Fatty arterial plaque cause thinning or even blocking arteries, limiting blood flow and trigger a heart attack or stroke.

The United States is one-third of children overweight, one-fifth of children are obese. In many regions of the world, the proportion of obese children tended to rise. This latest study showed that obese for their cardiovascular disease risk planted.

Many parents think that "baby fat" as the gradual disappearance of the children age, but a growing number of studies show that obese children will remain in adult obesity, they also result in many health problems.

Obesity, high levels of triglycerides are related to vascular age is closely related to premature aging. It also reminds doctors that once a child at the same time comply with the above symptoms two points, then he is suffering from a high possibility of a heart attack.

Another study found that childhood obesity will cause the left atrium increases, while the left atrium is triggered increased heart attacks, strokes and heart rhythm problem.



Focus on prevention

The former president of the Society of Cardiology, Denver University cardiologist Dr. Robert埃克尔, obesity harmful to children and adolescents. He also said that the American Academy of Pediatrics in July this year to a number of obese children recommend taking drugs to lower cholesterol.

Although further research has shown that weight loss or exercise can reduce the obesity of children in intra-arterial wall, pull Gourville hope kids can lifestyle changes to reduce the formation of fatty plaques.

She expressed optimism about the future. "Children's body fat has not yet hardened or calcified plaque. Since we can improve the treatment of adults and the blood vessel wall situation, I believe more can help obese children"