Identification of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and adolescence

Preetha L. Balakrishnan

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2013.09.013

Identification of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and adolescence

Preetha L. Balakrishnan

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Abstract

Obesity in the child and adolescent population is a growing problem. This article discusses the identification of obesity and overweight youth using body mass index and anthropometry and reviews literature to show the relationship between obesity and premature cardiovascular disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-171
Number of pages	19
Journal	Pediatric Clinics of North America
Volume	61
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2013.09.013
State	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

Adolescence
Cardiovascular
Childhood
Obesity
Risk factors

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