A review of adolescent obesity: prevalence, etiology, and treatment.
Much of adult obesity has its roots in childhood. One of the tragedies of the current obesity epidemic is the significant and increasing prevalence of obesity in the young. One principal predictor of adult obesity is childhood obesity. We describe here the classification, epidemiology, causality, comorbidities, and treatment of adolescent obesity, both pharmacologic and surgical.
Sinha
Ashish
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Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 680 Dulles Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4283, USA. sinhaa@uphs.upenn.edu
Kling
Scott
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