 |
|
|
|
|
Obesity-Linked Woes Boost Kids' Lifetime Heart Risk
|
| | | | Related Healthscout Videos | |
|
Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "So, there's some good news here," said Morrison. "Pediatric weight is not destiny. If you're obese as a child, you can do something to lose the pounds. And you must do something to lose the pounds, if you want to reduce risk."
Dr. Brenda Kohn, an associate professor of pediatrics at the New York University School of Medicine, added that proactive parental and physician intervention is critical to help children avoid behaviors that keep the syndrome going.
"The treatment has to be started in childhood, in adolescence," she advised. "Eating patterns, activity patterns, all start in infancy. Good habits have to start early."
Text Continues Below
"So, it's very, very important that a child is raised in an environment where physical exercise is encouraged on a routine basis and eating patterns are geared to healthy eating decisions," added Kohn, who is also a medical advisory board member with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. "Children should be monitored at least once yearly by a physician in order to ensure that all these goals are being met," she said.
More information
For additional information on metabolic syndrome, visit the American Heart Association.
Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3
|
Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved.
Last updated 8/10/2007
|
|
SOURCES: John A. Morrison, Ph.D., research professor, pediatrics and division of cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio; Brenda Kohn, M.D., associate professor, pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, and member, medical advisory board, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation; August 2007, Pediatrics
|
.gif)
