People who are obese in childhood but are of normal weight as adults have similar cardiovascular risks to an individual who has a normal weight both as a child and an adult, new research shows.
The findings were based on four long-term cohort studies with a mean follow-up was 23 years. They included the Australian Childhood Determinants of Adult Health project, which contributed more than one-third of the 6,328 participants. A Finnish study of similar size and two smaller American studies made up the balance.
Compared to people who were consistently of normal weight, those who were obese both as children and adults had a significantly higher risk of type 2 diabetes (relative risk 5.4), hypertension (2.7), high LDL cholesterol (1.8), low...
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