Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues

by Steven E. Lipshultz, Tracie L. Miller, Sarah E. Messiah

Book Overview

In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome - conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents. During this time, we have little knowledge of the global and cumulative detrimental health effects of childhood obesity. As obese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447158539
• ISBN13: 9781447158530
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"