Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is closely linked to obesity; however, not all
individuals with obesity will develop obesity-related complications and a metabolically …

The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS)
and its risk factors in obese children and adolescents. The study included 352 obese …

The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of metabolic syndrome (MS) variables
in a group of spanish obese children and adolescents, to asses MS prevalence in this …

Background: Defining and detecting the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents is
difficult because of ongoing discussion of components and thresholds. The aim of this work …

Background and Aims Components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) are complications caused
by abdominal obesity and insulin resistance (IR). Diagnosis of MetS by clinical indicators …

Objective Childhood obesity is increasingly common and is associated with health
problems; in particular, obesity plays a central role in the metabolic syndrome (MS). We …

Objective: Multiple definitions of the metabolic syndrome (MS) have been proposed for
children, adolescents and adults. The aim of this study was to analyse the variations in the …

Abstract Background: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines metabolic
syndrome among children. In addition to the abdominal obesity (waist circumference≥ 90 …

Few data are currently available on the reliability of the different anthropometric,
instrumental and biochemical indexes in recognizing the presence of metabolic syndrome …

Severe obesity defined as BMI value corresponding to an adult> 40 kg/m2 affects 1–5% of
children and adolescents in Europe. The purpose of this study was to assess the occurrence …