International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology

ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) is involved in energy metabolism and regulation of cardiovascular system. ANS of obese individuals is chronically altered. Various studies demonstrate important modifications in the autonomic control of obese adults and adolescents, there is scarce information on obese children, and the findings remain inconclusive. So work should be done to investigate the cardiovascular autonomic nervous functions in obese school children in comparison with age, sex and ethnically matched control group. The reduction in cardiovascular autonomic nervous system observed in obese children may be an early sign for the prediction of the risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease.