title: Prevention of adult cardiovascular disease in obese children.
abstract: An investigation was carried out to establish the risk factors of cardiovascular disease among obese children. Among 173 obese children 38% were endangered in respect of cardiovascular disease. The frequency of hyperlipoproteinaemia was near to 20%. It is considered necessary to separate these children from the group of obese children and to treat them according to the outlined aspects.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D012306:Risk