Childhood obesity is a rising epidemic affecting both developed and developing countries
worldwide. In the Caribbean, estimates of obesity in children are noted to be above the …

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a rising epidemic affecting both developed and
developing countries worldwide. In the Caribbean, estimates of obesity in children are noted …

Obesity rates among children have been steadily rising over the past several decades. This
epidemic has been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of childhood …

Aim The prevalence of childhood hypertension is rising in parallel with global increases in
the prevalence of overweight and obesity. We looked at key papers and documents covering …

Obesity has become an increasingly important medical problem in children and
adolescents. In national surveys from the 1960s to the 1990s, the prevalence of overweight …

One of the major public health problems today is overweight. Obesity is already known to be
an important risk factor for several chronic noncommunicable diseases, which are allocated …

In recent years, opinions on hypertension in the paediatric age range have been changing.
Although secondary forms of childhood hypertension maintain important clinical relevance …

Childhood obesity has serious consequences both immediately and in adulthood. The rates
of obesity in children and adolescents are rising rapidly in the Middle East and North Africa …

The prevalence of childhood hypertension is increasing. 1, 2 Studies that apply the 95th
percentile definition and repeat measurements on 3 separate visits report a pediatric …

Hypertension is increasingly common in overweight and obese children. The mechanisms
behind the development of hypertension in obesity are complex, and evidence is limited. In …