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Early severe obesity in children

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 14, pages 194–196 (2018)Cite this article

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In the US, there was an increase in the prevalence of severe obesity from 2000 to 2004 and a decrease from 2004 to 2014 in preschool-aged children. The severity of obesity in children is associated with increased cardiometabolic risks. Programmes to prevent early severe obesity should be able to end this disease.

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The GENUD research group is supported by the Regional Government of Aragón (B23) and CIBERObn (CB15/00043), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

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  1. Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) research group, University of Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Zaragoza, Spain

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Moreno, L. Early severe obesity in children. Nat Rev Endocrinol 14, 194–196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2018.15

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