Extra Body Fat May Harm Teens' Blood Vessels

"Petra" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Extra Body Fat May Harm Teens' Blood Vessels

POSTED: 5:13 pm EDT September 21, 2005

DALLAS -- Teenagers with even a little excess body fat run the risk of
cardiovascular disease when they get older.

Yet another example of study results being interpreted to indicate something
the study was not designed to determine. I hate that. Sometimes it is just
the media, putting it's inaccurate spin on a study they don't understand.
Sometimes it's the study authors, fishing for more grant money.

Anyway, the fact that excess body fat is associated with cv disease is no
big whoop. And the fact that there is some association in teenagers probably
is not all that surprising. But what the study does NOT show, I believe, is
that it is the body fat causing that cv disease. Rather, it's likely another
factor that is causing both overweight and the cv effects. Whatever could it
be.... Doh.

HG

"Hannah Gruen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Anyway, the fact that excess body fat is associated with cv disease is no
big whoop. And the fact that there is some association in teenagers

probably

Quoted message said:

is not all that surprising. But what the study does NOT show, I believe,

is

Quoted message said:

that it is the body fat causing that cv disease. Rather, it's likely

another

Quoted message said:

factor that is causing both overweight and the cv effects. Whatever could

it

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be.... Doh.

Let's see, maybe I can guess. Lots of refined carb mixed with transfats are
damaging their arteries, causing their bodies to try to repair the damage
using cholesterol?

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