Obesity, Sleep, and Pulmonary Disease in Children

摘要: The prevalence and severity of overweight in children adolescent is dramatically increasing worldwide. For example, the overall 2007 obesity United States ranged from 20 to 35 % among various states (Fig. 8.1; [1]). increase both its has also spurred a parallel obesity-associated morbidities, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, systemic hypertension, atherosclerosis, nonalcoholic fatty liver/steatohepatitis, depression, decreased quality life, all which used be rare pediatric conditions even recently decade ago. These short- long-term morbid consequences obesity, more particularly clustering respiratory, metabolic, cardiovascular risk factors context further stress importance public awareness this problem, prioritization child major health concern an emergency.