Comorbidities of overweight/obesity experienced in adolescence: longitudinal study.

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OBJECTIVES: Adolescent obesity is linked to metabolic and cardiovascular risk, but its associations with adolescents' experienced health and morbidity are less clear. Morbidities experienced by overweight/obese adolescents and associations between morbidities and timing of overweight/obesity were examined. METHODS: Data were from the Health of Young Victorians Study (HOYVS; 1997, 2000, 2005), a school-based longitudinal study. Outcomes were blood pressure, health status (Pediatric Quality of...

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Authors: Wake, M; Canterford, L; Patton, G; Hesketh, K; Hardy, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Archives of disease in childhood
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 162-168
• Publication date: 2010-03-01
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.147439
• EISSN: 1468-2044
• ISSN: 0003-9888
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Humans; Adolescent; Epidemiologic Methods; Anthropometry; Overweight; Child; Comorbidity; Victoria; Obesity; Male; Body Mass Index; Socioeconomic Factors