Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Why should we write a book on pediatric metabolic syndrome? Commentaries from Worldwide Experts.- Epidemiology of the Metabolic Syndrome in Youth: A Population-to-Clinical-Based Perspective.-Perinatal Epidemiology of Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors.- Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes.- Effects of Metabolic Syndrome on Atherosclerosis in Childhood.- Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Kidney Disease.- Metabolic Syndrome and Related Liver Diseases.- The Relationship between Asthma, Sleep Apnea and other Respiratory Disorders and Childhood Metabolic Syndrome.- The Relationship between Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Bone Health.- The Relationship of Childhood Obesity with Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure.- Childhood Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Risk.- Neurocognitive and Psychological Correlates of Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood.- Genomics of Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome.- Physical Activity Assessment and Intervention.- Nutritional Evaluation and Intervention.- Pharmacological Therapies of Metabolic Syndrome.- Bariatric Surgery to Reverse Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents.- Moving Clinic- and Community-based Practice into Policy to Address Child Healthy Weight (and vice versa).