The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohorts Consortium Outcomes Study has been collecting data on almost 40,000 people from the United States, Finland, and Australia. They started enrolling them as children in the 1970s through the 1990s, and have been following them ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Science has proven that chronic, low-grade inflammation can turn into a silent killer that contributes to cardiovas\u00adcular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and other conditions. Get simple tips to fight inflammation and stay healthy — from Harvard Medical School experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 2015 to 2019, the researchers followed up on all of these people, who were 46 on average, which is not very old.\u00a0<\/p>Jone Mark<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
What can parents do to help steer a course toward healthy adulthood?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In children and teens, it\u2019s a bit more complicated; we look at the BMI percentile based on age and gender. If the percentile is between 85 and 95, the child is overweight; if it\u2019s over 95, the child is obese. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u00a0has a calculator<\/a>\u00a0you can use to get the BMI and percentile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n