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Edmonton obesity staging system among pediatric patients: a validation and obesogenic risk factor analysis.

M G GrammatikopoulouMichalis ChourdakisKonstantinos GkiourasP RoumeliD PoulimeneasE ApostolidouI ChountalasI TirodimosO FilippouS Papadakou-LagogianniT Dardavessis
Published in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2018)
Few outpatients were healthy obese (stage 0), while the majority exhibited several comorbidities. Since each obesity tier entails different impacts to disease management, the study herein highlights modifiable factors facilitating descend to lower stages, and provides insight for designing tailored approaches tackling the high national pediatric obesity rates.
Keyphrases
  • weight loss
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • high fat diet induced
  • weight gain
  • adipose tissue
  • bariatric surgery
  • risk factors
  • lymph node
  • pet ct
  • body mass index
  • young adults
  • obese patients