Combined effect of different factors on weight status and cardiometabolic risk in Italian adolescents

Abstract Background The observed increase in body weight and cardiometabolic risk (CR) in youth from developed countries contributes to the global burden of chronic diseases in adult age. The aim of this work is to provide a patterning of the associations between different factors and the weight sta...

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Main Authors: Antonino Bianco, Anna Rita Filippi, João Breda, Vincenza Leonardi, Antonio Paoli, Luca Petrigna, Antonio Palma, Garden Tabacchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13052-019-0619-9