A study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children with moderate obesity have a clearly increased risk of becoming sick later in life, even if they have normal blood and liver values. The study compared 7,200 children, including those with obesity and risk markers like abnormal blood and liver values and high blood pressure, those with obesity without such risk markers, and a control group of randomly selected children from the population. At age 30, 17 percent of children in the first group had developed type 2 diabetes compared to nine percent of those without risk markers.
5 percent. A similar pattern was seen for high blood pressure and high blood fats. According to reports, Claude Marcus, a professor at Karolinska Institutet, said the results suggest that all children with obesity need treatment, even if they appear completely healthy during examination.
the results suggest that all children with obesity need treatment, even if they appear completely healthy during examination
Previously, the perception reportedly was that children with normal blood and liver values and normal blood pressure probably did not need any treatment for their obesity.