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But what does this mean? For now, simply that childhood screenings &8211; including one for cholesterol, which has only been recommended in recent years as part of well-child checkups - may predict risks in both kidsandparents. (And this is important, Glueck said, because some parents don&8217;t go to the doctor&8217;s themselves &8211; but routinely take their children.)
Charles J. Glueck, MD, of Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati led the study that measured weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides of over 800 children at age 12, and then reassessed them, as well as their parents, 26 years later. The study found that nearly half of the now grown-up children &8211; 47 percent &8211; had a parent who had suffered a heart attack, stroke or needed a procedure to clear blocked arteries at some point during the duration of the study; 37 percent, a parent had developed diabetes.
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Research shows kids’ health good predictor of parents’ future health? overweight kids,A newstudyin theJournal of Pediatricsfinds that kids health may be a good predictor of their parents cardiovascular health.
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I was a pretty healthy kid growing up, something Ive mostly attributed to my parents encouragement of my vegetable-eating, outdoor-playing tendencies. It wasnt until today when I readthisReuters article that it even occurred to me that my health could influence &8211; or predict &8211; that of my parents.
For children in the study who were overweight, their parents likelihood of developing high blood pressure or diabetes had doubled. Pediatric risk ctors - cholesterol, triglycerides, high blood pressure - identified milies where parents were at increased risk, Glueck told Reuters.
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