Fat children, even at the age of three, may have signs predicting diseases of the cardiovascular system, say US scientists.

Experts have studied the state of health 16 thousand. Children who are overweight. It turned out that the most complete children had markers that can help to predict the risk of heart disease in the future.

In general, in obese children aged three to five years, an increase in the level of C-reactive protein was 40% of the total number of children compared with 17% in children with normal weight. The study was published in Pediatrics.

It is very important to detect signs of cardiovascular diseases as early as possible in order to prevent the disease, scientists believe. It is necessary to carry out a number of studies in this field to increase the possibility of early detection of harbingers of cardiovascular diseases in children who develop into deadly diseases in the future, experts say.

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