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Posted on Feb 15th 2008 2:00PM by Bethany SandersThough heart disease began to steadily decline in the 1960s, a recent study suggests that that decline is about to take a sudden turn...upward. Researchers studied autopsy records of young people who had died of unnatural causes. About 8% of them had significant heart disease at the time of their death, and 83% had the beginnings of coronary artery disease. Health experts say that this finding is significant, and call it the result of the "perfect storm" of a blossoming fast food industry and a decline in physical activity.
As a young person myself, these findings make me more than a little nervous. Heart disease is already the number one killer in America. It's definitely time that we address the issues surrounding diet and exercise so that we can reverse those numbers back downward again.
As a young person myself, these findings make me more than a little nervous. Heart disease is already the number one killer in America. It's definitely time that we address the issues surrounding diet and exercise so that we can reverse those numbers back downward again.
