Normal‐weight obesity and cardiometabolic risk: A 7‐year longitudinal study in girls from prepuberty to early adulthood

Objective To study whether normal‐weight obesity in childhood is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk in early adulthood. Methods This study assessed data for 236 girls followed from prepuberty to early adulthood. Growth chart data were obtained from birth to 18 years. Body composition was...

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Published in:	Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1077 - 1082
Main Authors:	Wiklund, Petri, Törmäkangas, Timo, Shi, Yi, Wu, Na, Vainionpää, Aki, Alen, Markku, Cheng, Sulin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2017
Subjects:	Adolescent Age Blood pressure Body composition Body fat Body Mass Index Body Weight Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology Child Children & youth Clinical medicine Diabetes Families & family life Family medical history Female Guardians Humans Longitudinal Studies Mortality Obesity Obesity - complications Questionnaires Risk Factors Studies Teenagers Young adults
ISSN:	1930-7381, 1930-739X, 1930-739X
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