When you receive the Seal you will begin to take action on your health. Action is needed by the many overweight teens of this generation, since studies forecast significant increases in the rate of heart disease.

Two studies were published in the Thursday December 6 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, projecting that rising rates of obesity could lead to more heart disease later in life, verifying that there is a connection.

There is a connection between obesity in the childhood years and heart disease as an adult. Many children who are obese have a hard time losing that weight as they grow older, and remaining obese will greatly increase risk for heart disease.

But as if the rates of obesity are not already high enough, the 2 studies predict that the rates of obese children are due to increase even more than they already have up until now.

One of the studies, a European study, looked at some 250,000 young people for 46 years in Denmark. The study found that overweight children would have more heart problems as they grew older than the other children.

These children are at a significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease that could cause a heart attack or similar problem. And now more children than ever are facing such risks, and the number is said to be climbing even higher.

Somewhere around a third of adults in the United States are overweight. And 16 to 17 percent of children in the US are overweight. That comes out to more than 9 million children in all.

A quarter of the boys who are overweight are also obese, and it is projected that when they turn 35, around 2020, a third or more of them will be obese. A third of the girls are already obese, and that number is expected to rise too.

As well as heart disease at a relatively young age, these children are exposed to a greater risk of diabetes. And they are more likely to have high blood pressure at a young age too.

The scientist conducting the studies conclude that rates of heart disease will rise significantly by 2035, increasing up to 16 percent. And it is said that this will shorten the life expectancy by a few years in America.

Scientists say this is the first study to conclusively show that carrying extra weight in childhood leads to heart disease later in life. Previous studies have not shown consistent results.

Heart disease cases are projected to rise 16 percent. And heart disease-related deaths could rise even more, as much as 19 percent. This will all happen when the youths reach the age of 50.

When you are sealed you begin to want to take care of your health. If you have extra weight you will take steps to lose that weight. And if you can not lose the weight you will get enough exercise to stay fit.

Exercise is the key even if you do not lose much weight. You still need exercise. That will ward off heart disease and a host of other diseases. Exercise will save your life.

And when you are sealed you will want to change your diet. You may not consider yourself a glutton–and today you do not have to be a glutton to gain weight. The common Western diet is full of calories and fat and devoid of nutrition.

When you are sealed you can save your life by exercising and changing your diet. God gives you life when He sets His Seal upon you, and like Him you can give yourself life when you receive the Seal.