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Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Obesity is a multifactorial chronic impairment that further decreases quality of life and life expectancy. Worldwide, childhood obesity has become a pandemic health issue causing several comorbidities that frequently present already in childhood, including cardiovascular (hypertension, dyslipidemia)...

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Autores principales: Herouvi, Despina, Paltoglou, George, Soldatou, Alexandra, Kalpia, Christina, Karanasios, Spyridon, Karavanaki, Kyriaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10071230
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author Herouvi, Despina
Paltoglou, George
Soldatou, Alexandra
Kalpia, Christina
Karanasios, Spyridon
Karavanaki, Kyriaki
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description Obesity is a multifactorial chronic impairment that further decreases quality of life and life expectancy. Worldwide, childhood obesity has become a pandemic health issue causing several comorbidities that frequently present already in childhood, including cardiovascular (hypertension, dyslipidemia), metabolic (Type 2 diabetes mellitus, fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome), respiratory, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal disorders. In addition, obese children frequently experience stress and psychosocial symptoms, including mood disorders, anxiety, prejudice and low self-esteem. Given that cardiovascular risk factors and pediatric obesity have the tendency to pertain into adulthood, obesity management, including weight control and physical activity, should start before the late teens and certainly before the first signs of atherosclerosis can be detected. This review aims to concisely present options for childhood obesity management, including lifestyle modification strategies and pharmacological treatment, as well as the respective treatment indications for the general practitioner.
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spelling pubmed-103785632023-07-29 Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents Herouvi, Despina Paltoglou, George Soldatou, Alexandra Kalpia, Christina Karanasios, Spyridon Karavanaki, Kyriaki Children (Basel) Review Obesity is a multifactorial chronic impairment that further decreases quality of life and life expectancy. Worldwide, childhood obesity has become a pandemic health issue causing several comorbidities that frequently present already in childhood, including cardiovascular (hypertension, dyslipidemia), metabolic (Type 2 diabetes mellitus, fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome), respiratory, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal disorders. In addition, obese children frequently experience stress and psychosocial symptoms, including mood disorders, anxiety, prejudice and low self-esteem. Given that cardiovascular risk factors and pediatric obesity have the tendency to pertain into adulthood, obesity management, including weight control and physical activity, should start before the late teens and certainly before the first signs of atherosclerosis can be detected. This review aims to concisely present options for childhood obesity management, including lifestyle modification strategies and pharmacological treatment, as well as the respective treatment indications for the general practitioner. MDPI 2023-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10378563/ /pubmed/37508727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10071230 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents
title Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents
title_full Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents
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title_short Lifestyle and Pharmacological Interventions and Treatment Indications for the Management of Obesity in Children and Adolescents
title_sort lifestyle and pharmacological interventions and treatment indications for the management of obesity in children and adolescents
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10071230
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