Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

• Main Authors: Despina Herouvi (Author), George Paltoglou (Author), Alexandra Soldatou (Author), Christina Kalpia (Author), Spyridon Karanasios (Author), Kyriaki Karavanaki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is a multifactorial chronic impairment that further decreases quality of life and life expectancy. Worldwide, childhood obesity has become a pandemic health issue causing several comorbidities that frequently present already in childhood, including cardiovascular (hypertension, dyslipidemia)...