Pediatric Obesity: Looking into Treatment
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Pediatric Obesity: Looking into Treatment
Prevalence of pediatric obesity continues to rise worldwide. Increasing the number of health care practitioners as well as pediatricians with expertise in obesity treatment is necessary. Because many obese patients suffer obesity-associated cardiovascular, metabolic and other health complications that could increase the severity of obesity, it is fundamental not only to identify the child prone...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrients
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2072-6643
DOI: 10.3390/nu1020197