TY - JOUR T1 - Body mass index in adolescence may influence the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 50 LP - 50 DO - 10.1136/eb-2016-102506 VL - 20 IS - 2 AU - Gerben Hulsegge Y1 - 2017/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/20/2/50.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Twig G, Yaniv G, Levine H, et al. Body-mass index in 2.3 million adolescents and cardiovascular death in adulthood. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2430–40.Adolescents who are considered to be in the normal body mass index (BMI) range had an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality at 10–40 years follow-up, which continuously increased with a higher BMI.Future research is needed to establish the optimal threshold for a healthy BMI during adolescence.The prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has improved over recent decades. As a consequence, age-standardised mortality rates of CVD in high-income countries have steadily been decreasing since the 1970s.1 At the same time, however, prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic proportions and seems to be one of the main public health threats the younger generations face today.2 Insight into adverse effects of obesity among … ER -