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Metabolically healthy overweight adolescents: definition and components [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020
Purpose In adolescents, the definition and clinical implications of metabolically healthy overweight (MHO) status have not been established. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of MHO according to its most widespread definition, which is based
António Videira-Silva   +2 more
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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
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Cardiovascular Risks and Benefits of Medications Used for Weight Loss

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
Obesity is a complex disease influenced by many neurohormonal pathways which regulate body weight toward homeostasis. Presently, the disease of obesity effects over a billion individuals worldwide with scalable treatment options in dire need ...
Carolyn T. Bramante   +8 more
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Monogenic diabetes – an unappreciated problem among physicians

open access: yesJournal of Medical Science, 2014
Monogenic diabetes results from one or more mutations in a single gene. It is a relatively rare genetic condition, therefore, it was frequently unappreciated among clinicians.
Elżbieta Niechciał   +4 more
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Developmental enamel defects and dental anomalies of number and size in children with growth hormone deficiency

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Growth hormone is meaningfully involved in the processes of tooth cells differentiation and tissue formation. The aim of the study was to evaluate the occurrence of dental anomalies: microdontia, macrodontia, hypodontia and developmental defects of ...
Natalia Torlińska-Walkowiak   +4 more
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Dyslipidemia and Pediatric Obesity [PDF]

open access: yesPediatric Clinics of North America, 2011
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States despite a reduction in mortality over the past 4 decades. Much of this success is attributed to public health efforts and more aggressive treatment of clinical disease. The rising rates of obesity and diabetes, especially among adolescents and young adults, raise concern for ...
Stephen, Cook, Rae Ellen W, Kavey
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Phenotypic prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among an underdiagnosed and underscreened population of over 50 million children and adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2022
Background: Metabolic syndrome is a phenotypic condition associated with a variety of genotypes. Studies of rare genotypes can be made more difficult by clinical underscreening of the population for the phenotypic traits that define metabolic syndrome to
Eric GR Kim   +3 more
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A Novel SCNN1A Variation in a Patient with Autosomal-recessive Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1

open access: yesJCRPE, 2022
Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is an autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by defective regulation of body sodium (Na) levels. The abnormality results from mutations in the genes encoding subunits of the epithelial Na channel.
Mohammed Ayed Huneif   +6 more
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Relationship of Endothelial Microparticles to Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children and Adolescents

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Microparticles and endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are implicated in accelerating cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, data in pediatrics are limited.
Subin Jang   +8 more
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Turner syndrome: skin, liver, eyes, dental and ENT evaluation should be improved

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
IntroductionTurner syndrome association with multi-organ system comorbidities highlights the need for effective implementation of follow-up guidelines. We aimed to assess the adequacy of care with international guidelines published in 2007 and 2017 and ...
Jenny Lam   +18 more
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