Objective: Childhood-onset obesity is associated with increased mortality and morbidity
related to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) during adulthood. Dyslipidemia has a fundamental …

Objective: To study the prevalence of dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome risk factors in
overweight/obese children and adolescents. Methodology: The study included 139 healthy …

Background: Obesity, increasingly prevalent among children, causes major morbidities,
among which is earlier onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods: We reviewed charts …

Ob jec ti ve: We aimed to determine the association of thyroid functions with the components
of metabolic syndrome (MS) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in pediatric …

Childhood obesity is associated with unfavorable lipid profile, suggesting that obese
children should be screened for hypercholesterolemia. However, the prevalence of …

Childhood obesity is a worldwide health problem and its prevalence is increasing steadily
and dramatically all over the world. Obese subjects have a much greater likelihood than …

Context: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is known to have a gender-dimorphic
prevalence in obese children. Less information is available on predictive factors for NAFLD …

Objective: This paper reports the frequency, type, and degree of dyslipidemia in obese
children before therapeutic intervention. The relationships between lipid values and weight …

Childhood obesity when associated with serum lipoprotein changes triggers atherosclerosis.
Evidences suggest that the atherosclerotic process begins in childhood and that the extent …

Background: Obesity is a growing public health problem in developing countries considering
its association with cardiovascular risk factors. Relationship between childhood obesity and …