Buffalo News - Secondhand smoke tied to teen obesity malady

Buffalo News - Secondhand smoke tied to teen obesity malady: "'The bottom line to me is: As we gear up to take on this epidemic of obesity, we cannot abandon protecting our children from secondhand smoke and smoking,' said lead author Dr. Michael Weitzman, executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Center for Child Health Research in Rochester, N.Y.

For the study, metabolic syndrome was defined as having at least three of five characteristics: a big waist, high blood pressure, high levels of blood fats called triglycerides, low levels of good cholesterol, and evidence of insulin resistance, in which the body cannot efficiently use insulin"

Interesting, I confess have not read the article. That said, I would be a tad suscipicious of confounding variables. For instance, those who smoke (or even those who's parents smoke, may not take as good of care of themselves in other ways.