Frequency of occurrence of metabolic syndrome risk factors in children and adolescents from the city of Wrocław and surroundings

• Main Authors: Ewa Piotrowska (Author), Danuta Figurska-Ciura (Author), Karolina Łoźna (Author), Maciej Bienkiewicz (Author), Dominika Mazurek (Author), Joanna Wyka (Author), Marcelina Węgiel (Author), Jadwiga Biernat (Author), Michaela Godyla-Jabłoński (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. A recently growing number of children and adolescents with overweight or obesity is indicative of the need for diagnosing their complications that may appear in the early childhood. For this reason, diagnostic criteria were developed for components of the metabolic syndrome (MS) also for...