In the last few years, a significant increase of childhood obesity incidence unequally distributed within countries and population groups has been observed, thus representing an important public health problem associated with several health and social consequences. Obese children have more than a 50% probability of becoming obese adults, and to develop pathologies typical of obese adults, that include type 2-diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension. Also environmental factors, such as reduced physical activity and increased sedentary activities, may also result in increased caloric intake and/or decreased caloric expenditure. In the present review, we aimed to identify and describe a specific panel of parameters in order to evaluate and characterize the childhood obesity status useful in setting up a preventive diagnostic approach directed at improving health-related behaviors and identifying predisposing risk factors. An early identification of risk factors for childhood obesity could definitely help in setting up adequate and specific clinical treatments.

Childhood obesity: an overview of laboratory medicine, exercise and microbiome / Scudiero, Olga; Pero, Raffaela; Ranieri, Annaluisa; Terracciano, Daniela; Fimiani, Fabio; Cesaro, Arturo; Gentile, Luca; Leggiero, Eleonora; Laneri, Sonia; Moscarella, Elisabetta; Mazzaccara, Cristina; Frisso, Giulia; D'Alicandro, Giovanni; Limongelli, Giuseppe; Pastore, Lucio; Calabrò, Paolo; Lombardo, Barbara. - In: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. - ISSN 1437-4331. - 58:9(2020), pp. 1385-1406. [10.1515/cclm-2019-0789]

Childhood obesity: an overview of laboratory medicine, exercise and microbiome

Scudiero, Olga
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Pero, Raffaela;Terracciano, Daniela;Leggiero, Eleonora;Laneri, Sonia;Mazzaccara, Cristina;Frisso, Giulia;Pastore, Lucio;Calabrò, Paolo;Lombardo, Barbara
2020

Abstract

In the last few years, a significant increase of childhood obesity incidence unequally distributed within countries and population groups has been observed, thus representing an important public health problem associated with several health and social consequences. Obese children have more than a 50% probability of becoming obese adults, and to develop pathologies typical of obese adults, that include type 2-diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension. Also environmental factors, such as reduced physical activity and increased sedentary activities, may also result in increased caloric intake and/or decreased caloric expenditure. In the present review, we aimed to identify and describe a specific panel of parameters in order to evaluate and characterize the childhood obesity status useful in setting up a preventive diagnostic approach directed at improving health-related behaviors and identifying predisposing risk factors. An early identification of risk factors for childhood obesity could definitely help in setting up adequate and specific clinical treatments.
2020
Childhood obesity: an overview of laboratory medicine, exercise and microbiome / Scudiero, Olga; Pero, Raffaela; Ranieri, Annaluisa; Terracciano, Daniela; Fimiani, Fabio; Cesaro, Arturo; Gentile, Luca; Leggiero, Eleonora; Laneri, Sonia; Moscarella, Elisabetta; Mazzaccara, Cristina; Frisso, Giulia; D'Alicandro, Giovanni; Limongelli, Giuseppe; Pastore, Lucio; Calabrò, Paolo; Lombardo, Barbara. - In: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. - ISSN 1437-4331. - 58:9(2020), pp. 1385-1406. [10.1515/cclm-2019-0789]
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