Whether children will suffer from obesity, heart failure or diabetes can already be predicted at the age of 9 years. The results of the study were presented today at the International Congress on Obesity .
The study examined more than 100 healthy children between the ages of 7 and 9. This showed that at a young age there are predictors of the metabolic syndrome such as:fat in the liver, belly fat and fat burning.
This is the first time researchers have shown that metabolic syndrome can be predicted in children who have not even reached puberty. to be.
The metabolic syndrome develops in childhood and later in life leads to high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and blood sugar levels and obesity † These, in turn, increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
Prevent?
However, most of these risk factors cannot be changed † But the doctors hope that early interventions can be developed to positively influence pregnancy weight, birth weight and level of physical activity and thus reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome †
