Health Consequences of Obesity

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-121

  Berenson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Bogulasa Heart Study; Coronary disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TROGLITAZONE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFECTION; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOTOXICITY; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYNDROME X; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155151769     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23373     Document Type: Review

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