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Teen Drinking Linked to Adult Metabolic Syndrome

Researchers in Berkeley, California have come up with still another reason teens should not drink: it's linked to being overweight in adult life.

Dr. Maria Russell and her colleagues at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation studied the lifetime drinking habits of 2,800 adults, now age 35 to 80 years old. Those who had started drinking in early life and drank heavily as teenagers were 48% more likely to be abdominally obese as adults, suffer high blood pressure, low levels of HDL cholesterol and high triglyceride levels. These conditions can lead to heart disease.

Dr. Russell said excessive drinking damages body cells over time.

"Long-term health consequences may be another reason for encouraging young people to avoid heavy drinking," she said.

This study appears in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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