childhood obesity: a determinant of adolescent and adult hypertension
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Childhood Obesity: A Determinant of Adolescent and Adult Hypertension
DEAR EDITOR, Although hypertension was once considered to be rare in pediatric age group, there has been a persistent increase in hypertension in childhood, which has been simultaneously accompanied by the epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity. Childhood obesity has now been acknowledged as a major public health concern reaching epidemic proportions. In 2011, more than 40 million childre...
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international journal of preventive medicineجلد ۲۰۱۴، شماره ۰۳، صفحات ۰-۰
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