title: Diseases associated with childhood obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Radiologists can play an active role in children's health by increasing awareness of diseases associated with obesity. This article reviews key imaging findings in obesity-related diseases, current issues in imaging obese children, and treatment strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There has been a well-documented pediatric obesity epidemic and a dramatic increase in clinical diseases associated with it. These serious health consequences affect nearly every organ system. Despite the increasing prevalence of obesity and the associated health hazards, pediatric obesity as a diagnosis is often overlooked by health care providers.
authors: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229-3030, USA.
authors: Arabinda K
authors: AK
authors: Choudhary
authors: Lane F
authors: LF
authors: Donnelly
authors: Judy M
authors: JM
authors: Racadio
authors: Janet L
authors: JL
authors: Strife
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography