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How will childhood obesity affect my child later in life?
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Increased risks: Overweight children are likely to become overweight adults, which puts them at risk for a number of medical problems, such as heart disease and diabetes.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Medical consequences: Medical consequences of childhood obesity are many. Obese kids can get cholesterol plaques in the arteries, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. Liver damage from fatty liver (fat building up inside the liver) starts in teenagers, but heart damage should not appear until adulthood. Other problems include being teased by others and being too out-of-shape to fully participate in games & sports.
Answered 3/25/2015
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