Cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents with obesity: a position paper of the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology

• Main Authors: Giuliana Valerio (Author), Procolo Di Bonito (Author), Valeria Calcaterra (Author), Valentino Cherubini (Author), Domenico Corica (Author), Luisa De Sanctis (Author), Anna Di Sessa (Author), Maria Felicia Faienza (Author), Elena Fornari (Author), Lorenzo Iughetti (Author), Maria Rosaria Licenziati (Author), Melania Manco (Author), Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice (Author), Anita Morandi (Author), Mariacarolina Salerno (Author), Maria Elisabeth Street (Author), Giuseppina Rosaria Umano (Author), Malgorzata Wasniewska (Author), Claudio Maffeis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Despite the implementation of preventive measures to counteract the obesity epidemics, the prevalence of childhood obesity is still alarming all over the world. Childhood obesity is the most common risk factor for both cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. In fact, an earlier onset of obes...