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Health Risks Found in More North Carolina Children, Study Shows.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)

| November 10, 2003 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: John Fauber

Nov. 10--ORLANDO, Fla.--As many as one in eight schoolchildren had at least three risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, according to a study presented in Orlando, Fla., Sunday.

The study and other new research suggest that a medical and financial crisis is looming, unless better preventive measures are taken.

The study involved 2,034 rural North Carolina schoolchildren ages 8 to 17.

It found that 14 percent of the children already had metabolic syndrome, a cluster of at least three conditions, including high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol (the good kind), high insulin levels, being overweight, elevated…

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