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. 2020 Jul-Aug;34(4 Suppl. 2):11-16. SPECIAL ISSUE: FOCUS ON PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY.

Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood obesity

M Amatruda #  1 , M D Ceravolo  1 , G Ceravolo  1 , C Cuppari  1 , L Oreto  2 , B Piraino  1 , F Xerra  1 , G Nicocia  3 , C Salpietro  1 , M P Calabrò  4
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Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood obesity

M Amatruda et al. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020 Jul-Aug.

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: atherosclerosis; cardiovascular risk and disease; childhood; hypertension; obesity.

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