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More Danish children at risk for
cardiovascular disease as obesity explodes
Friday, 31
August 2012
60,000 Danish children and young people are at risk of heart disease because they weigh too much and not getting help, Danish news report say.
A single specialized hospital unit has gone into battle against overweight, reports the Danish science paper, Dagens Medicin .
The paper write that although they are still children, they can still be easily affected by imminent danger of being hit by disorders common with adults. Children who weigh too much, have a large number of the same flaws as adults, according to Dr. Jens-Christian Holm, from the unit for overweight children and adolescents at Holbęk Hospital.
The
hospital unit has so far treated well 1,400 children and young people,
and the consequences for the young patients are severe: 57 percent
require treatment for high blood pressure, 28 percent have high
cholesterol, 44 percent have signs of fatty liver, and 19 percent have
precursor diabetes.
"More than half of our children have high blood pressure and already met two of the criteria for developing a cardiovascular disease when they get older. If the children do not get help to lose weight, they will come to fight with diseases 10-15 years later. And it is a trend that continues, that's for sure," says Jens-Christian Holm to Dagens Medicin.
He estimates that 60,000 Danish children are obese. The wait for treatment is on for half a year, and currently the waiting list has about 170 names.
Jens - Christian Holm has seen a growth of patients since the unit was established in Holbęk Hospital's paediatric ward in 2007.
Obesity is an endocrinological disorder and not something one can change in just to get their act together, according to Jens-Christian Holm, whom unlike most other therapists focus primarily on the weight and not the psychological consequences one child often experience.
by Scancomark.se Team
More Danish children at risk for
cardiovascular disease as obesity explodes
Friday, 31
August 201260,000 Danish children and young people are at risk of heart disease because they weigh too much and not getting help, Danish news report say.
A single specialized hospital unit has gone into battle against overweight, reports the Danish science paper, Dagens Medicin .
The paper write that although they are still children, they can still be easily affected by imminent danger of being hit by disorders common with adults. Children who weigh too much, have a large number of the same flaws as adults, according to Dr. Jens-Christian Holm, from the unit for overweight children and adolescents at Holbęk Hospital.
The
hospital unit has so far treated well 1,400 children and young people,
and the consequences for the young patients are severe: 57 percent
require treatment for high blood pressure, 28 percent have high
cholesterol, 44 percent have signs of fatty liver, and 19 percent have
precursor diabetes."More than half of our children have high blood pressure and already met two of the criteria for developing a cardiovascular disease when they get older. If the children do not get help to lose weight, they will come to fight with diseases 10-15 years later. And it is a trend that continues, that's for sure," says Jens-Christian Holm to Dagens Medicin.
He estimates that 60,000 Danish children are obese. The wait for treatment is on for half a year, and currently the waiting list has about 170 names.
Jens - Christian Holm has seen a growth of patients since the unit was established in Holbęk Hospital's paediatric ward in 2007.
Obesity is an endocrinological disorder and not something one can change in just to get their act together, according to Jens-Christian Holm, whom unlike most other therapists focus primarily on the weight and not the psychological consequences one child often experience.
by Scancomark.se Team
Scancomark.com
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