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While the FDA listens to presentations on social media a ticking time bomb continues to count down

Nov/12/2009 07:57 Filed in: Patient Education & Working with Physicians
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The prevalence of overweight children and adolescents between ages 6 and 19 has tripled since 1970, a 2007 New England Journal of Medicine study found. "Our study suggests that more of these young adults will have heart disease when they are 35-50 years old, resulting in more hospitalizations, medical procedures, need for chronic medications, missed work days and shortened life expectancy," said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, lead author of the study. What other research does the FDA need to get the message out to the public about obesity ??
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