Key result
Childhood obesity accelerates cardiovascular risk factors, underscoring the need for early preventive screening and intervention.
Why the study?
Obesity plays an essential role in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with effects demonstrated in childhood where prevention is critical to reduce potential cardiovascular events in early adulthood.
Highlights the critical need for proactive screening and comprehensive management of cardiovascular risk factors in children with obesity to prevent adverse events in early adulthood.
May support proactive pediatric screening in obesity; leaves open optimal intervention timing pending prospective trials.
The increasing burden of obesity plays an essential role in increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The effects of obesity on the cardiovascular system have also been demonstrated in childhood, where prevention is even more important. Obesity is associated with hormonal changes and vascular dysfunction, which eventually lead to hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, chronic kidney disease, dyslipidemia and cardiac dysfunction-all associated with increased cardiovascular risk, leading to potential cardiovascular events in early adulthood. Several preventive strategies are being implemented to reduce the cardiovascular burden in children. This paper presents a comprehensive review of obesity-associated cardiovascular morbidity with the preventive diagnostic workup at our hospital and possible interventions in children.
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Močnik et al. (2021) conducted a review in Childhood obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. Preventive diagnostic workup and lifestyle interventions was evaluated. Childhood obesity accelerates cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and vascular dysfunction, requiring early preventive diagnostics and interventions.
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