Pediatric obesity: prevention is better than care

• Main Authors: Roberta Romanelli (Author), Nicola Cecchi (Author), Maria Grazia Carbone (Author), Michele Dinardo (Author), Giuseppina Gaudino (Author), Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice (Author), Giuseppina Rosaria Umano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Pediatric obesity is one of the most relevant health issues of the last century. Obesity-related short and long-term consequences are responsible of a large amount of economic cost. In addition, the different therapeutic strategies, such as lifestyle correction, drug, and bariatric surgery...