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This article details the impact of obesity on overall heart health among adolescents and children

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Obesity is a significant health problem with long term, serious health implications.

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There is an urgent need to sensitise the healthcare providers, parents, children and adolescents about the long term implications of obesity on overall heart health.

manu raj

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This page is a summary of: Obesity and cardiovascular risk in children and adolescents, Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, January 2012, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.91176.
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