Who it affects?

It is known that coronary diseases can start from an early age and thanks to the Bogalusa heart experiment we now know some of the effects. In the study 11,478 children/adolescents were examined and they found that "Compared with thinner children, obese children are much more likely to become obese adults." (Freedman et al., 2012)

During the same study it was found that the participants ages 5-17 during 1974-1993 "prevalence of obesity increased from 6%-17% during the timefame." (Freedman et al., 2012)

In some cases children who are overweight but metabolically healthy can remain like that as adults. In one study 1,098 participants were monitored from the ages of 15-17 years and as 24-43 years old, and it was found that in one part of the results as children "46(4.2%) were metabolically healthy overweight" but as adults out of those 46 "16(34.8%) became metabolically abnormal and obese." (Li et al., 2012)

A study conducted in Ireland analyzed over 5,000 community-dwelling adults, averaging about 73 years old. High levels of PA were associated with lower risk of incident heart failure, but all levels of physical activity were associated with lower risk of incident heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular mortality!

(Patel et al., 2013)