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ey0015.11-2 | New insight into obesity comorbidities | ESPEYB15

11.2 Impact of severe obesity on cardiovascular risk factors in youth

G Zabarsky , C Beek , E Hagman , B Pierpoint , S Caprio , R Weiss

To read the full abstract: Journal of Pediatrics 2018;192:105-114Rising degree of obesity has been shown to predict increased metabolic risk in obese children and adolescents (1). Nonetheless, it is unclear if BMI categories can be successfully applied to populations of obese children and adolescents for a risk-adapted stratification of therapeutic approaches, and here especially for the in...