Geographical variation in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among US adolescents

Among adolescents, obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) contribute to adult cardiovascular disease risk. By parent report, obesity prevalence in the USA was highest in the South.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Pediatric obesity

• Publication date

  2018-12-04

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/ijpo.12483PMID 30515979PMCID PMC6513350
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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