Key result
Childhood obesity linked to significant short- and long-term somatic and psychological complications.
Why the study?
Pediatric obesity is a major global health issue that significantly impacts quality of life and leads to future metabolic, cardiovascular, endocrine, and psychosocial disorders.
Systematic Review
This systematic review highlights the extensive somatic and psychological complications of pediatric obesity, emphasizing the need for early multidisciplinary intervention.
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Supports urgent early diagnosis and multidisciplinary care in pediatric obesity; confirms extensive complications via Level 1 synthesis.
Obesity in children is a pandemic of the 21st century. It is a clinically significant problem and one of the most alarming health issues observed in children worldwide. Overweight and obesity result from the interaction of environmental, genetic, iatrogenic and endocrine factors, and their consequences significantly affect overall quality of life. Over the past few decades, it has been shown that obesity in young people influences the future development of diseases such as metabolic, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine and psychosocial disorders. This article focuses on the consequences of obesity in children and adolescents, including hypertension, obstructive sleep apnoea, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, NAFLD, endocrine disturbances such as premature puberty or PCOS, and a range of mental health issues. We summarise the most important short- and long-term effects of obesity in children and adolescents and highlight the importance of early diagnosis and a multidisciplinary therapeutic approach to prevent short- and long-term complications.
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Myszor et al. (2025) conducted a systematic review in Obesity. Childhood obesity is associated with significant short- and long-term somatic and psychological complications, highlighting the need for early diagnosis and multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches.
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