Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

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Authors

Markus Juonala · Turku University Hospital

Costan G. Magnussen · University of Turku

Gerald S. Berenson · Tulane University

Alison Venn · University of Tasmania

Trudy L. Burns · Faculty of Public Health

Matthew A. Sabin · Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Sathanur R. Srinivasan

Abstract

Overweight or obese children who were obese as adults had increased risks of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and carotid-artery atherosclerosis. The risks of these outcomes among overweight or obese children who became nonobese by adulthood were similar to those among persons who were never obese. (Funded by the Academy of Finland and others.).

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Birth, Development, and Health Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 365, Issue 20, pp. 1876-1885

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1010112

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