| Medical consequences of childhood obesity: a Hong Kong perspective. | |
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PMID: 20391243 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Childhood obesity is a global epidemic and is associated with medical consequences. These consequences of childhood obesity include its association with cardiovascular risk factors, notably impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, atherogenic dyslipidemia, micro inflammation, and comorbidities including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), sleep apnoea, and early atherosclerosis. This article aims to demonstrate and review the local clinical evidences in Hong Kong Chinese children and adolescents in exploring the epidemiology and medical consequences associated with obesity in the youth population and highlighting the research direction in searching the etiology of these associations. |
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Authors:
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Alice Pik Shan Kong; Chun Chung Chow |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Research in sports medicine (Print) Volume: 18 ISSN: 1543-8635 ISO Abbreviation: Res Sports Med Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-04-14 Completed Date: 2010-08-03 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101167637 Medline TA: Res Sports Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 16-25 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China. alicekong@cuhk.edu.hk |
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Adolescent Atherosclerosis / etiology, physiopathology Child Fatty Liver / etiology, physiopathology Female Hong Kong Humans Male Metabolic Syndrome X / diagnosis, epidemiology Obesity / complications* Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / etiology, physiopathology |
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