Cardiometabolic Risks and Severity of Obesity in Children and Young Adults | Zendy

Asheley Cockrell Skinner | Zendy; Eliana M. Perrin | Zendy; Leslie A. Moss | Zendy; Joseph A. Skelton | Zendy

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Cardiometabolic Risks and Severity of Obesity in Children and Young Adults

Author(s) -

Asheley Cockrell Skinner,

Eliana M. Perrin,

Leslie A. Moss,

Joseph A. Skelton

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1502821

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , body mass index , national health and nutrition examination survey , glycated hemoglobin , percentile , childhood obesity , young adult , pediatrics , demography , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , environmental health , population , type 2 diabetes , sociology , statistics , mathematics

The prevalence of severe obesity among children and young adults has increased over the past decade. Although the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors is relatively low among children and young adults who are overweight or obese, those with more severe forms of obesity may be at greater risk.

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