Parental obesity is associated with the severity of childhood obesity and its comorbidities

• Main Authors: Julián Martínez-Villanueva (Author), Rocío González-Leal (Author), Jesús Argente (Author), Gabriel Ángel Martos-Moreno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The influence of parental obesity on their obese offsprings is acknowledged but insufficiently characterised. Patients and methods: Retrospective study of 800 obese patients (45.2% girls; age: 10.35 ± 3.40 years, body mass index [BMI]: +4.22 ± 1.68 standard deviation score [SDS]). Grou...