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June 20, 2026CureusOpen Access

Childhood Obesity and the Future Burden of Adult Cardiometabolic Disease: A Narrative Review

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HBHarikrishnan BalakrishnaAAArya AjithSSSreekumar Sasi

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Overview

Narrative review explores childhood obesity's connections to adult cardiometabolic disease, suggesting urgent preventive strategies.

Key Points

  • This review aims to synthesize existing evidence regarding childhood obesity and its long-term implications for adult cardiometabolic disease.
  • Conducted a narrative review according to the SANRA framework.
  • Identified literature from PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and Google Scholar from January 2000 to January 2026, retaining 38 sources.
  • Included landmark pre-2000 studies through targeted hand searching.
  • Consistent evidence links childhood obesity to elevated long-term cardiometabolic risk.
  • Both healthy and unhealthy metabolic phenotypes in childhood increase adult cardiometabolic risk.
  • Weight normalization before adulthood significantly reduces future cardiometabolic risk.

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Balakrishna et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a362f92db0793dc1a536f00https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.111102
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