Starvation in Youth Linked to Heart Risk in Adulthood, University Medical Center Utrecht Study

People who experience starvation in their youth are at greater risk for heart disease later in life, a new study has found. In analyzing women who survived the Dutch famine of 1944-1945, researchers from the Netherlands found that the link is particularly strong among those who were undernourished as teenagers. The study authors said their findings, published in the Aug. 25 online edition of the European Heart Journal, provide the first direct evidence of the adverse health effects associated with famine -- a problem that remains a critical problem around the world.

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