Sentences with phrase «diseases than most adults»

Children have been shown to be more susceptible to infectious diseases than most adults.

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MS is the most common neurological disorder afflicting young adults in Canada, with more than 50,000 people suffering from this debilitating disease.

Degenerative joint disease or osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the United States affecting more than 30 million adults.

And what they found was that for most adults, sleeping fewer than 7 hours per night is associated with decreased alertness and increased risk for chronic disease, while sleeping more than nine hours per night is also associated with a shorter life and higher risk of chronic disease.

Most Americans get more than enough protein in their diets, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but they fall short on fiber intake, with the average adult in the United States having an intake of only 15 grams each day.

Most recently, sugar in the diet has also been implicated in cardiovascular disease deaths: A large study led by Dr. Hu reported last year that adults who had the highest intake of sugar — consuming 25 percent of daily calories as sugar — were nearly three times more likely to die of heart disease over a 14 - year period, compared with those whose sugar intake was less than 10 percent of calories.

An overweight child is more likely than other kids to be overweight as an adult, thus more susceptible to developing potentially fatal chronic diseases, most notably heart disease.

As with most infectious diseases, young puppies are more affected than adults.

According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, the most frequent binge drinkers are adults older than 65 years (CDC, 2012) and middle - aged and older adults have relatively high rates of at - risk and problem drinking (Blazer & Wu, 2009).