Click To Call A new study shows that childhood obesity alone increases a person’s risk of heart disease. The study has prompted its creator, Dr. Mauras, to ask physicians to change their position of non-treatment of children with simple obesity. If you need help filing for long-term disability please contact LaVan & Neidenberg today for your free consultation.
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Obese Children at Increased Risk for Heart Disease


Posted on Jun 30, 2009

Baby fat is fine for infants but a new study has shown that children who are obese are at a raised risk of heart disease.  The study finds that excess body fat can start affecting the body at a very young age.

Dr. Nelly Mauras is the chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at Nemours Children's Clinic in Florida.  Dr. Mauras tested over 200 obese and lean children.  The children in the study ranged from age 7 to 18.  The participants were screened for a variety of known markers for predicting heart disease.

"What we found is that these markers are way up, particularly the CRP," she said. "The CRP on the pubertal, simple obese kids was about tenfold that of the non-obese kids, and the pre-pubertal ones were almost 12-fold."

CRP is C-reactive protein.  Lowering the levels of CRP and high blood pressure can prevent cardiovascular events in adults.

Dr. Mauras is calling for pediatricians to change the way they treat obese children.  Currently doctors do not treat obesity in children unless there are other medical issues such as diabetes involved.  Dr. Mauras would like physicians to encourage parents with obese children to improve their diet and exercise routines even if they do not have other medical issues.

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