Children with “metabolically healthy obesity”(MHO) are a distinct subgroup of youth with
obesity, who are less prone to the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors. Although this …

Obesity is a chronic disease that has increased alarmingly in recent years. It is considered a
risk factor for the development of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases …

In this issue of Pediatrics, Zhao et al 1 report a small but significant increase in the
prevalence of severe obesity among the 16.6 million children aged 2 to 4 years participating …

Background: Childhood obesity has become a major global epidemic that causes
substantial social and health burdens worldwide. The effectiveness of childhood obesity …

Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy and the major cause of cancer
related mortality in children. Though significant advances in neuroimaging, neurosurgery …

In most humans, body fatness is a quantitative trait reflecting the interactions of environment,
genotype, and development. The metabolic predisposition to obesity and its co-morbidities …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity are known risk factors for poor outcomes in
patients with systemic malignancies but are not well-studied in the brain tumor population. In …

BACKGROUND Mounting evidence, particularly from prospective epidemiologic studies but
with additional support from animal models and mechanistic studies, supported conclusions …

Obesity in childhood and adolescence has reached epidemic proportions in all
industrialized countries around the world. Its impact on individual lives as well as on health …

One in five children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with obesity and
nearly 6% of them are being classified under the severe obesity category. With over 7% of …