Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood obesity


Article ID: 5601
Vol 34, Issue 4S2, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha5601
Received: 8 September 2020; Accepted: 8 September 2020; Available online: 8 September 2020; Issue release: 8 September 2020

Abstract

Childhood obesity is the "disease of the century". This article reviews the early cardiovascular risk factors and the recommendations to prevent them in the overweight and obese children. A comprehensive search of published literature was carried out to identify all articles published on this topic in English and Italian from 1999 to 2020.


Keywords

obesity;childhood;hypertension4;atherosclerosis;cardiovascular risk and disease


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