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Nearly 1 in 4 teens facing diabetes
CNN May 21, 2012
567 words
The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes has jumped dramatically since the 1990's. As of 2008 23 percent of all adolescents between the age of 12 and 19 have diabetes. Likewise, rates of other risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure (14%) and high LDL cholesterol (22%), also known as bad cholesterol, remained high but largely unchanged from the previous decade. This spike should be interpreted with caution because adolescent health is very important researchers claim.Heart attacks, strokes and other forms of full-blown cardiovascular disease are extremely rare in adolescents, but there is some evidence that diabetes, high blood pressure, and unhealthy cholesterol levels can cause lasting damage in this age group, says Elaine M. Urbina, M.D., director of preventive cardiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
This article is very important because as an adolescent i am interested to know about the health level of other people my age. I think people my age should go out more for sports instead of sitting in front of a computer and eating lots of junk food.
Post #3
Health
Nearly 1 in 4 teens facing diabetes
CNN May 21, 2012
567 words
The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes has jumped dramatically since the 1990's. As of 2008 23 percent of all adolescents between the age of 12 and 19 have diabetes. Likewise, rates of other risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure (14%) and high LDL cholesterol (22%), also known as bad cholesterol, remained high but largely unchanged from the previous decade. This spike should be interpreted with caution because adolescent health is very important researchers claim.Heart attacks, strokes and other forms of full-blown cardiovascular disease are extremely rare in adolescents, but there is some evidence that diabetes, high blood pressure, and unhealthy cholesterol levels can cause lasting damage in this age group, says Elaine M. Urbina, M.D., director of preventive cardiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
This article is very important because as an adolescent i am interested to know about the health level of other people my age. I think people my age should go out more for sports instead of sitting in front of a computer and eating lots of junk food.
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