Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents as a risk factor of glucose homeostasis disturbances and their complications

摘要: The excessive body mass prevention should be conducted from the first months of child’s life. The waist circumference measurement obligatorily performed during routine check-up visits because some children with abdominal obesity do not fulfill weight or BMI criterion. Children positive family history the cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, lipid disturbances or diabetes ought to closely monitor for blood pressure, lipids and glycemia abnormalities. (Diabet. Prakt. 2011; 12, 5: 180–187)