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Obesity in pediatric trauma [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Surgery, 2017
The implications of childhood obesity on pediatric trauma outcomes are not clearly established. Anthropomorphic data were recently added to the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) Research Datasets, enabling a large, multicenter evaluation of the effect of obesity on pediatric trauma patients.Children ages 2 to 19years who required hospitalization for ...
Cordelie E Witt   +2 more
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Complexity and Stigma of Pediatric Obesity

open access: yesChildhood Obesity, 2021
Weight stigma is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the origins of obesity, wherein the interplay of behavioral, environmental, genetic, and metabolic factors is deemphasized. Instead, the widespread societal and cultural presence of weight stigma fosters misconceptions of obesity being solely a result of unhealthy personal choices.
Andrea M Haqq   +2 more
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Pediatric Obesity: Complications and Current Day Management

open access: yesLife, 2023
Obesity affects approximately 1 in 5 youth globally and increases the risk of complications during adolescence and young adulthood, including type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and ...
Mary Ellen Vajravelu   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) Triggers Adipocyte Autophagy

open access: yesCells, 2023
Innate immune signaling in adipocytes affects systemic metabolism. Cytosolic nucleic acid sensing has been recently shown to stimulate thermogenic adipocyte differentiation and protect from obesity; however, DNA efflux from adipocyte mitochondria is a ...
Kornél Z. Varga   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-obesity pharmacotherapy for treatment of pediatric type 2 diabetes: Review of the literature and lessons learned from adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in adolescents is a more rapidly progressive disease, associated with earlier and higher rates of microvascular complications than in adults.
Megan O. Bensignor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Genetics of Pediatric Obesity [PDF]

open access: yesTrends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2015
Obesity among children and adults has notably escalated over recent decades and represents a global major health problem. We now know that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to its complex etiology. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed compelling genetic signals influencing obesity risk in adults.
Alessandra, Chesi, Struan F A, Grant
openaire   +2 more sources

Home Respiratory Polygraphy and Spirometry in Normal Weight and Children with Obesity Suspected for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Are There Any Associations?

open access: yesPulmonary Medicine, 2023
Aim. It is known that children and adolescents with obesity are more prone to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and that their lung function may show some disturbance.
Regula Corbelli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is There an Association between Childhood Obesity and Pediatric Kidney Stone Disease? A Literature Review

open access: yesUro, 2021
Objectives: To examine the most recent literature and published science in determining any and all possible associations between pediatric obesity and pediatric urolithiasis.
Henry J. Paiste   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impacts of exercise on pediatric obesity [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2021
Over the last few decades, the rates of pediatric obesity have more than doubled regardless of sociodemographic categorization, and despite these rates plateauing in recent years there continues to be an increase in the severity of obesity in children ...
Ronald J. Headid III, Song-Young Park
doaj   +1 more source

Non-invasive detection of early microvascular changes in juveniles with type 1 diabetes

open access: yesCardiovascular Diabetology, 2023
Aims/Hypothesis The study aimed to assess the usefulness of capillaroscopy and photoplethysmography in the search for early vascular anomalies in children with type 1 diabetes.
Klaudia Bogusz-Górna   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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