Obesity during adolescence linked to increased risk of stroke as an adult

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Obesity during adolescence linked to increased risk of stroke as an adult

Higher body mass index (BMI) in adolescence is associated with a significantly higher risk of first ischemic stroke in adults under age 50 regardless of whether they had Type 2 diabetes, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

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