childhood thinness related to adult obesity! HUH???

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Hi, everyone - thought you may be interested in this article... I was pretty

thin as a young child (becoming a voluptuous young adult and teen but not

fat). Maybe this is what happened to me? LOL

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

10 months post-op and still feelin' fabu

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45

now: 198 lbs/size sweet 16

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Thin children have highest risk of adult obesity-study

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Thin children are more likely than their

overweight counterparts to become obese adults, researchers said on Friday.

In new research that casts doubt on the popular belief that excess weight is

a life-long trait, scientists at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in

northern England found that most obese adults were not overweight children.

" Only children who were obese at 13 showed an increased risk of obesity as

adults, " Charlotte , a community health expert said in a report in The

British Medical Journal.

The scientists studied 412 people up to the age of 50 to determine whether

obesity continued throughout life. They found that people who were thinnest

as children tended to have the highest adult risk (of obesity).

" Being thin in childhood offered no protection against adult fatness, and the

thinnest children tended to have the highest adult risk at every level of

adult obesity, " added.

In a separate study in the journal, Finnish and British scientists said men

who were thin as babies had the highest risk of heart disease if they lived

in poor conditions as adults.

Slow growth before birth and shortly after increases the chances of coronary

heart disease as an adult, making men less resilient to the effects of poor

living standards.

" Improvements in foetal, infant, and child growth may prevent coronary heart

disease in the next generation by improving the body's fitness and making it

resilient to later social adversity, " Johan sson, of the National Public

Health Institute in Helsinki.

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[Guest guest]

These supposed studies always make me laugh---did you notice they

only had 412 subjects--I'm sorry but that isn't enough to make a

claim is this.

Pammi

> Hi, everyone - thought you may be interested in this article... I

was pretty

> thin as a young child (becoming a voluptuous young adult and teen

but not

> fat). Maybe this is what happened to me? LOL

>

> all the best,

>

> lap ds with gallbladder removal

> January 25, 2001

> Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

>

> 10 months post-op and still feelin' fabu

>

> preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45

> now: 198 lbs/size sweet 16

>

> Want to send this story to another AOL member? Click on the heart

at the top

> of this window.

>

> Thin children have highest risk of adult obesity-study

>

>

> LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Thin children are more likely than their

> overweight counterparts to become obese adults, researchers said on

Friday.

>

> In new research that casts doubt on the popular belief that excess

weight is

> a life-long trait, scientists at the University of Newcastle-upon-

Tyne in

> northern England found that most obese adults were not overweight

children.

>

> " Only children who were obese at 13 showed an increased risk of

obesity as

> adults, " Charlotte , a community health expert said in a

report in The

> British Medical Journal.

>

> The scientists studied 412 people up to the age of 50 to determine

whether

> obesity continued throughout life. They found that people who were

thinnest

> as children tended to have the highest adult risk (of obesity).

>

> " Being thin in childhood offered no protection against adult

fatness, and the

> thinnest children tended to have the highest adult risk at every

level of

> adult obesity, " added.

>

> In a separate study in the journal, Finnish and British scientists

said men

> who were thin as babies had the highest risk of heart disease if

they lived

> in poor conditions as adults.

>

> Slow growth before birth and shortly after increases the chances of

coronary

> heart disease as an adult, making men less resilient to the effects

of poor

> living standards.

>

> " Improvements in foetal, infant, and child growth may prevent

coronary heart

> disease in the next generation by improving the body's fitness and

making it

> resilient to later social adversity, " Johan sson, of the

National Public

> Health Institute in Helsinki.

>

> 15:58 11-29-01

> Copyright 2001 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.

Republication or

> redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar

means, is

> expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.

Reuters

> shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for

any

> actions taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been

inserted

> by AOL.