Overweight children have an even greater risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in their later life than was thought.
This is shown by an analysis of a large number of previous studies by the University of Oxford. The analysis included 63 studies published between 2001 and 2011. A total of 49,220 children aged 5 to 15 were followed.
All studies looked at their weight and the known risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, such as high blood pressure , cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels.
Risk factor
Children and teenagers with obesity were found to have a higher blood pressure than peers with a healthy weight. Their overweight also led to increased cholesterol. In addition, the heavy children more often suffered from insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes. A thickened heart muscle also occurred more often in the overweight children.
"Parents and policymakers need to understand that obesity at an early age does not just affect the appearance, obesity affects children's health and causes them to develop health problems as they grow older," says Claire Friedemann.
Teenagers who eat more often are slimmer
Certain eating habits, such as at least four meals a day and quiet eating, appear to have a favorable influence on your fat percentage.
How much you move does not play a role in this. This is shown by a study by a Spanish research institute .
Researchers at the Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition measured the fat percentage and the waist circumference of 1,978 teenagers from five Spanish cities. A quarter of the girls and a third of the boys were overweight. In addition, the participants kept track of their eating habits.
Healthy habits
Young men who skip breakfast were found to have a higher fat percentage than boys who did eat breakfast.
Teenagers who took more than four meals a day and half-way through the morning and afternoon had a smaller waist circumference and lower fat percentage.
Even quiet food had a positive effect on their weight.
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