Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lipshultz, Steven E. (Editor), Messiah, Sarah E. (Editor), Miller, Tracie L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Health promotion.; Metabolic diseases.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Metabolic Diseases.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Health Economics.; Educational Policy and Politics.

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 childre...