Background The ability of different obesity indices to predict cardiovascular risk is still
debated in youth and few data are available in sub Saharan Africa. We compared the …

Background Childhood obesity is a world-wide concern due to its growing prevalence and
association with cardiometabolic risk factors in childhood and subsequent adult …

Objective Obesity is associated with many cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in childhood.
There is an ongoing discussion whether there is a linear relationship between degree of …

Methods: The incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide, especially in countries with
accelerated economic growth. We determined the prevalence of and associations between …

Background Childhood obesity is a national as well as worldwide problem. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the association of overweight and obesity among Qatari children with …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate which of the currently applied parameters to assess childhood
overweight best predict cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study …

Objectives There is no agreed-upon definition for severe obesity (Sev-OB) in children. We
compared estimates of Sev-OB as defined by different cut-points of body mass index (BMI) …

Obesity tracks from childhood to adulthood most strongly of all cardiometabolic risk factors.
To determine relationship of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with …

Background The contribution of long-term vs. recent-onset obesity to cardiometabolic risk in
adolescence remains controversial. Here, we aimed to investigate the association of time of …

BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is associated with many cardio-metabolic risk factors,
and different ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES have been considered to be associated with …