Severe obesity in youth even riskier than thought [MedicalXpress.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/4/154:00 AM

Extremely obese children—such as those at least 100 pounds overweight—are in deeper trouble in terms of cardiovascular disease risks than doctors have thought, new research suggests. The study appears online March 2 in JAMA Pediatrics.
"Severe obesity in the adolescent age group is associated with numerous cardiovascular risk factors that were previously thought to only affect adults," study author Marc Michalsky, M.D., an associate professor of clinical surgery and pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, told HealthDay. The study didn't examine whether the children—with an average age of 17—faced a higher risk of premature death. But it did show that the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are more severe in heavier children.

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