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Health consequences of obesity.
The recent epidemic of childhood obesity(1) has raised concern because of the possible clinical and public health consequences.(2,)(3) However, there remains a widespread perception among health professionals that childhood obesity is a largely cosmetic problem, with minor clinical effects. No systematic review has yet focused on the diverse array of possible consequences of childhood obesity, ...
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INTRODUCTION The incidence of childhood obesity is rising across the globe, and obesity related co-morbidities are increasing concomitantly in the paediatric population. MATERIALS AND METHODS PubMed search for research and review papers on complications of childhood obesity was performed. RESULTS The consequences of childhood obesity can be broadly classified into medical and psychosocial c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.9.748