article_snippet: Children are suffering damage to Children hearts as early as 12 due to poor diets, a study has warned.
article_snippet: a study showed few children under the age of 12 had
article_snippet: Study senior author Doctor Donald Lloyd-Jones, professor and chair of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said: ‘Study senior author Doctor Donald Lloyd-Jones, professor and chair of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago findings indicate that, in general, children start with pretty good blood pressure.
article_snippet: – four of the seven components of heart health – in children aged two to 11.
article_snippet: In the sample of 8,961 children, Researchers found that all children had at least one ideal measure, but none had all four.
article_snippet: Around four out of ten of the children had ‘poor’ or ‘intermediate’ cholesterol levels, according to the findings published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
article_snippet: Dr Lloyd-Jones added: ‘We really need better surveillance data, especially in children.
article_snippet: Information on physical activity, blood glucose and smoking or exposure to second-hand smoke are not available for younger children.