Comments on: Obese Kids Have the Arteries of 45-Year-Olds, Study Finds http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/12/obese-kids-have-the-arteries-of-45-year-olds-study-finds/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:49:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/12/obese-kids-have-the-arteries-of-45-year-olds-study-finds/comment-page-1/#comment-13870 Sarah Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:16:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/12/obese-kids-have-the-arteries-of-45-year-olds-study-finds/#comment-13870 PLEASE do not confuse obesity with overweight when you read study results such as this one. Obesity has been proven over and over again to be problematic. Overweight (BMI < 30) has not. In fact, the CDC found that overweight correlates with LONGER life whereas obesity and underweight correlates with shorter life. PLEASE do not confuse obesity with overweight when you read study results such as this one.

Obesity has been proven over and over again to be problematic. Overweight (BMI < 30) has not. In fact, the CDC found that overweight correlates with LONGER life whereas obesity and underweight correlates with shorter life.

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