Cardiometabolic risk factors in treatment-seeking youth versus population youth with obesity.

Claudia K FoxA M KaizerJustin R RyderK D RudserA S KellyS KumarA C Grossnull null

Published in: Obesity science & practice (2018)

For a given BMI, obesity treatment-seeking youth are more adversely affected by cardiometabolic risk factors than the general population of youth with obesity. This suggests that treatment-seeking youth may represent a distinct group that is at particularly high risk for the development of future cardiometabolic disease.

Keyphrases

mental health
risk factors
physical activity
young adults
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
weight loss
weight gain
body mass index
high fat diet induced
combination therapy
skeletal muscle
current status