Metabolic abnormalities in obese teens may relate to poor diets
Obese teens may feel healthy, but blood tests reveal inflammation, insulin resistance and high homocysteine levels, metabolic abnormalities that heighten heart disease risk. Both obese and normal weight teens in the study did not eat enough fresh produce, fiber or dairy products, which resulted in deficiencies in important nutrients.
March 22, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dairy-products, fiber-or-dairy, fresh-produce, heart-disease, insulin-resistance, metabolic-abnormalities, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, teens-may
