Barcelona (dpa) - Overweight children do not only risk becoming
sick adults, but may develop health problems in childhood, according
to a study made public on Tuesday.
Overweight children risked developing pathological changes which
contributed to the appearance of an early form of arteriosclerotic
vascular disease, according to the study by scientists at Leipzig
University in Germany.
The researchers studied 80 overweight and 60 normal-weight
children aged 12 years. Their findings were disclosed to a congress
of the European Society of Cardiology in the north-eastern Spanish
city of Barcelona.
Kindergartens, schools and parents needed to cooperate to
guarantee that children developed healthy eating habits and got
enough physical exercise, project leader Sandra Erbs recommended.
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