Open AccessPrevalence of obesity and cardiovascular risk among children and adolescents in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Author(s) -
Cézane Priscila Reuter,
Leandro Tibiriçá Burgos,
Marcelo Dias Camargo,
Lia Gonçalves Possuelo,
Miriam Beatrís Reckziegel,
Éboni Marília Reuter,
Francielle Pasqualotti Meinhardt,
Míria Suzana Burgos
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
são paulo medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1806-9460
pISSN - 1516-3180
DOI - 10.1590/1516-3180.2013.1315518
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , underweight , waist , obesity , body mass index , abdominal obesity , blood pressure , childhood obesity , risk factor , pediatrics , demography , sociology
Studies have demonstrated that metabolic complications from child obesity, although silent, increase the risk of development of cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. The present paper sought to describe the prevalence of overweight/obesity and analyze the possible relationship between obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors among children and adolescents.