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What is the youngest age you can have a heart attack from obesity and lack of exercise?
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Remember: Very early/premature(as in teens to 20's) symptomatic heart disease basically always has a strong genetic basis. A questions like this is very difficult to answer at the extremes due to extreme number of contributors to heart disease.
Answered 4/13/2015
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