Obese SA kids and heart disease
More than 29% of SA men and 56% of SA women are classified as overweight or obese, and there is a growing concern that obesity is no longer only a problem among adults. |
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Many SA kids obese
More than 17% of South African children between the ages of one and nine living in urban areas are overweight, according to the Medical Research Council of South Africa. |
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Help your kids avoid weight problems
Overweight kids often suffer socially and have a greater risk of developing conditions like heart disease and diabetes.
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Prevent fatal rheumatic fever
Mozart died of rheumatic fever. So did the poet Robert Burns. So do almost half a million other people worldwide, every year. |
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Sudden death kills 2 000 a year
Sudden cardiac death claims the lives of as many as 2 000 young South Africans per year who are seemingly healthy and who show no signs of heart disease.
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