Key result
Recent research indicates that a significant portion of children with congenital heart disease are obese or overweight, reflecting broader epidemic trends in North American youth.
This working group report highlights the growing epidemic of obesity among youth with congenital heart disease, emphasizing the need for cardiovascular risk factor management in this vulnerable population.
Alerts clinicians to obesity burden in congenital heart disease youth; leaves open optimal prevention strategies and long-term outcomes.
O besity among North American youth has risen to epi- demic levels and is expected to result in costly and burdensome health problems, most notably type 2 diabetes mellitus and premature coronary artery disease. In the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey survey, 31% of children aged 6 to 19 years were overweight, defined as body mass index (BMI) at the 85th to 95th percentile, or obese (BMI 95th percentile). 1 Recent research indicates that a significant portion of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are also obese or overweight.
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Pemberton et al. (2010) conducted a review in Obesity and Congenital Heart Disease. Obesity was evaluated. Recent research indicates that a significant portion of children with congenital heart disease are obese or overweight, reflecting broader epidemic trends in North American youth.
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