Health hazards in childhood obesity: Evidence based on Chinese population.
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2016.01.018
- Author:
Peiyu YE
1
;
Fangfang CHEN
;
Jie MI
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
Chronic Disease;
prevention & control;
Humans;
Pediatric Obesity;
epidemiology;
physiopathology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2016;50(1):97-100
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Childhood obesity has become a critical issue in public health area. We searched Wanfang Data and PubMed databases for published studies on health hazards of childhood obesity in China during 2000-2015. From the evidence of the Chinese population studies, we know childhood obesity brings not only cardiovascular, endocrine and respiratory system health hazards, but also other health hazards to liver, moving skeleton, psychological behavior and cognition intelligence, et al. Only to understand the health hazards of childhood obesity, and put the key preventable period of chronic diseases forward to childhood, can pandemic of chronic diseases be controlled from the sources.
