title: Complications of obesity in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Endocrinology Division of Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Sreenivas Dutt
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gunturu
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ten
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat; D000052:Acanthosis Nigricans / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000209:etiology; D001849:Bone Diseases, Endocrine / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology; D054439:Ghrelin; D006801:Humans; D017588:Hyperandrogenism / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D012527:Satiation; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin; D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin; D036361:Peptide Hormones