Girls and Boys Have a Different Cardiometabolic Response to Obesity Treatment

Background: Childhood obesity exposes individuals to cardiometabolic disturbances. We analyzed how family-based multidisciplinary obesity treatment influenced children's cardiometabolic health.Materials and methods: In this retrospective, two-year, follow-up study of 654 2- to 18-year-old child...

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Main Authors: Marketta Dalla Valle, Tiina Laatikainen, Hanna Potinkara, Päivi Nykänen, Jarmo Jääskeläinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00579/full