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Introducing excess body weight in childhood and adolescence and comparison with body mass index and waist-to-height ratio
Weight status in children and adolescents is commonly defined using age- and gender-corrected standard deviation scores for body mass index (BMI-SDS, also called z-scores). Values are not reliable for the extreme...
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Open AccessImpaired fasting glucose prevalence in two nationwide cohorts of obese children and adolescents
Impaired fasting glucose (IFG), a pre-stage to type 2 diabetes in adults, is also present in obese children. A large variation of the occurrence has been recorded, but the true prevalence is unknown due to lac...
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Longitudinal multicenter analysis on the course of glucose metabolism in obese children
Although there is evidence of increasing prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism in obese children from smaller single cohorts, data are lacking on the progression of glucose metabolism in this patient group.
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Comorbidities in overweight children and adolescents: do we treat them effectively?
The aim was to analyze the effectiveness of treatment concerning obesity-associated comorbidities in clinical practice.
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Evaluation von Therapieangeboten für adipöse Kinder und Jugendliche (EvAKuJ-Projekt)
Therapieangebote für adipöse Kinder und Jugendliche sollen nach folgenden Kriterien miteinander verglichen werden: ambulant/stationär, mit/ohne AGA-Zertifizierung, gute/weniger gute Qualität.
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Übergewicht und Adipositas in Kindheit und Jugend
Für die steigende Zahl übergewichtiger und adipöser Kinder und Jugendlicher existieren in Deutschland zahlreiche Therapieangebote, die jedoch heterogen strukturiert und nicht ausreichend evaluiert sind. Der Zu...
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Obese boys at increased risk for nonalcoholic liver disease: evaluation of 16 390 overweight or obese children and adolescents
Comorbidities of childhood obesity challenge health-care systems in Europe. Further, there is a lack of population-specific prevalence data and diagnostic strategies available, especially for obesity-related d...
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Medical care of overweight children under real-life conditions: the German BZgA observation study
Current care for overweight children is controversial, and only few data are available concerning the process of care, as well as the outcome under real-life conditions.