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Does childhood obesity induce morphological and functional vascular changes in children?
Does childhood obesity induce morphological and functional vascular changes in children?
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Childhood obesity is associated with early vascular damage and endothelial dysfunction, highlighting the need for early cardiovascular prevention.
Overweight/obese children have an initial endothelial dysfunction and vascular damage, i.e., the first stage in the development of atherosclerosis.
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Ciccone et al. (2011) studied this question.
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