<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents and children can cause serious consequences that lead researchers to pay efforts to study in such area. Presently, MS definition is still not standardized. Different versions of MS definition have been used by numerous studies, which may be a problem to identify MS and then to predict and prevent clinical diseases. The pediatric literature shows that insulin resistance and obesity might be the key underlying pathophysiology of MS to cause many related diseases. High prevalence of MS is in overweight and obese children and adolescents. This article focuses on such above issues and also effects of MS on two main disease outcomes: cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.</p></abstract>

The metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents and children can cause serious consequences that lead researchers to pay efforts to study in such area. Presently, MS definition is still not standardized. Different versions of MS definition have been used by numerous studies, which may be a problem to identify MS and then to predict and prevent clinical diseases. The pediatric literature shows that insulin resistance and obesity might be the key underlying pathophysiology of MS to cause many related diseases. High prevalence of MS is in overweight and obese children and adolescents. This article focuses on such above issues and also effects of MS on two main disease outcomes: cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Evaluate the effects of metabolic syndrome in adolescents and children

Frontiers of Nursing

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The metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents and children can cause serious consequences that lead researchers to pay efforts to study in such area. Presently,...

Evaluate the effects of metabolic syndrome in adolescents and children

Article Category: Discussion

Online veröffentlicht: 02. Okt. 2020

Seitenbereich: 287 - 292

Eingereicht: 01. Feb. 2020

Akzeptiert: 26. Feb. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0028

Schlüsselwörter
metabolic syndrome, children/adolescents, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome definition, insulin resistance, obesity

© 2020 Rui-Min Jia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Evaluate the effects of metabolic syndrome in adolescents and children

Article Category: Discussion

Online veröffentlicht: 02. Okt. 2020

Seitenbereich: 287 - 292

Eingereicht: 01. Feb. 2020

Akzeptiert: 26. Feb. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0028

Schlüsselwörtermetabolic syndrome, children/adolescents, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome definition, insulin resistance, obesity

© 2020 Rui-Min Jia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
metabolic syndrome, children/adolescents, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome definition, insulin resistance, obesity