Does Family History of Obesity, Cardiovascular, and Metabolic Diseases Influence Onset and Severity of Childhood Obesity?

Does Family History of Obesity, Cardiovascular, and Metabolic Diseases Influence Onset and Severity of Childhood Obesity?

ObjectivesThe objectives were to evaluate (1) the metabolic profile and cardiometabolic risk in overweight/obese children at first assessment, stratifying patients according to severity of overweight and age; and (2) to investigate the relationship between family history (FH) for obesity and cardiom...

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Main Authors: Domenico Corica, Tommaso Aversa, Mariella Valenzise, Maria Francesca Messina, Angela Alibrandi, Filippo De Luca, Malgorzata Wasniewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
childhood obesity
parental obesity
insulin resistance
cardiometabolic risk
body mass index
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00187/full

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