Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_he_me/med_obese_kids_arteries"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081111/capt.cps.oej56.111108225948.photo00.photo.default-342x512.jpg?x=86y=130q=85sig=0Z.JeAt_8_PSHXXj0MZQQg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A young boy in a nutritional reeducation center in 2004. The neck arteries of obese children and teenagers experience similar strain as those of middle-aged adults, US researchers said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)" border="0" /></a>AP - Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside.</p><br clear="all"/>

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