The risk of developing
multiple sclerosis in the women, who were overweight in their teenage, may be higher by 2 times.
According to the study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Association of Neurology, the risk of developing multiple sclerosis in women suffered from obesity in their teenage may be higher by 2 times in comparison with the women, who were not overweight.
The study involved 238,371 women aged 25 to 55 years. All study participants described their health and figure when they were 5, 10, 18 and 20 year old in accordance with the proposed templates. After that, all the ladies answered the questions about their health every 2 years. After 40 years of research 593 patients have been with developed multiple sclerosis.
Ms. Cassandra Monger of Harvard School of Public Health Care in Boston said that, in accordance with the data obtained, the excess weight at puberty in women has a stronger influence on the development of multiple sclerosis than overweight in childhood or adulthood. Presumably this is due to a lack of vitamin D, which reduces the risk of disease, and a weakened immune system in people suffering from obesity.