title: Medical consequences of childhood obesity: a Hong Kong perspective.
abstract: Childhood obesity is a global epidemic and is associated with medical consequences. These consequences of childhood obesity include its association with cardiovascular risk factors, notably impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, atherogenic dyslipidemia, micro inflammation, and comorbidities including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), sleep apnoea, and early atherosclerosis. This article aims to demonstrate and review the local clinical evidences in Hong Kong Chinese children and adolescents in exploring the epidemiology and medical consequences associated with obesity in the youth population and highlighting the research direction in searching the etiology of these associations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China. alicekong@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Alice Pik Shan
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Chun Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology