Do lifestyle interventions in childhood ameliorate the lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease resulting from early life obesity?
Childhood obesity is linked to adverse cardiovascular changes and increased lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease, highlighting the potential importance of early lifestyle interventions.
In a recent report, the worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity was estimated to have increased by 47% between 1980 and 2013. As a result, substantial concerns have been raised about the future burden of cardiovascular (CV) disease that could ensue. The purpose of this review is to summarize and interpret (i) the evidence linking early life obesity with adverse changes in CV structure and function in childhood, (ii) the lifetime risk for CV disease resulting from obesity in childhood, and (iii) the potential effects of lifestyle interventions in childhood to ameliorate these risks.
Ayer et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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