Obese children found to have arteries similar to 45-year-olds
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS -- Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, doctors who used ultrasound tests said.
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