New Study Links Obesity to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and to Worse Treatment Responses in Children and Teens
July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
NEW YORK, July 15 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news:
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- In a new study from Germany of 453 children and teens with MS, compared with more than 14,000 children without MS, those who were overweight or obese had twice the risk of developing MS, compared with non-overweight children.
- They also had significantly more relapses on treatment with first-line treatments, and increased use of second-line treatment. Otherwise, . . .
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- In a new study from Germany of 453 children and teens with MS, compared with more than 14,000 children without MS, those who were overweight or obese had twice the risk of developing MS, compared with non-overweight children.
- They also had significantly more relapses on treatment with first-line treatments, and increased use of second-line treatment. Otherwise, . . .