title: Obesity and health risks.
abstract: Childhood obesity is multi-factorial in etiology. Several factors contribute to the etiology of childhood obesity, and childhood obesity is itself associated with significant morbidity. This article focuses on the health risks of childhood obesity and on the prenatal and childhood influences that contribute to the genesis of childhood obesity.
authors: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA. rita-raman@ouhsc.edu
authors: Rita P
authors: RP
authors: Raman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001724:Birth Weight; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D013217:Starvation