TY - BOOK ID - 7616782 TI - Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome : Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues AU - Lipshultz, Steven E. AU - Messiah, Sarah E. AU - Miller, Tracie L. PY - 2012 SN - 1447123654 1447158539 1283621908 1447123662 9786613934352 PB - London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Family medicine. KW - Medicine. KW - Metabolic diseases. KW - Metabolic disorders in children. KW - Age Groups KW - Risk KW - Causality KW - Metabolic Diseases KW - Insulin Resistance KW - Probability KW - Epidemiologic Factors KW - Hyperinsulinism KW - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases KW - Persons KW - Public Health KW - Statistics as Topic KW - Diseases KW - Glucose Metabolism Disorders KW - Named Groups KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms KW - Health Care KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Risk Factors KW - Adolescent KW - Child KW - Metabolic Syndrome X KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Metabolic & Nutritional Diseases KW - Pediatrics KW - Children KW - Diseases. KW - Childhood diseases KW - Children's diseases KW - Diseases of children KW - Juvenile diseases KW - General practice (Medicine). KW - Health promotion. KW - Educational policy. KW - ducation and state. KW - Health economics. KW - Medical economics. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Metabolic Diseases. KW - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. KW - General Practice / Family Medicine. KW - Health Economics. KW - Educational Policy and Politics. KW - Metabolism KW - Disorders KW - Economics, Medical KW - Health KW - Health economics KW - Hygiene KW - Medical care KW - Family practice (Medicine) KW - General practice (Medicine) KW - Physicians (General practice) KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Disorders of metabolism KW - Metabolic diseases KW - Metabolic disorders KW - Metabolism, Disorders of KW - Economic aspects KW - Health Workforce KW - Education and state. KW - Education KW - Education policy KW - Educational policy KW - State and education KW - Social policy KW - Endowment of research KW - Health promotion programs KW - Health promotion services KW - Promotion of health KW - Wellness programs KW - Preventive health services KW - Health education KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7616782 AB - In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome - conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents. During this time, we have little knowledge of the global and cumulative detrimental health effects of childhood obesity. As obese children age, not only will their health be negatively affected, but infertility and pregnancy complications associated with the metabolic syndrome will affect generations to come. The work force will undoubtedly be affected because of increased sick days and decreased work productivity. Identifying children and adolescents at the earliest stages of chronic disease onset should be the goal of clinical practice, yet there is no clear guidance for defining the risk of metabolic syndrome or appropriate risk-factor thresholds in these groups. If children are identified early in the disease process, lifestyle and clinical interventions can be instituted when they are potentially more effective. Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues approaches the pediatric metabolic syndrome by elucidating its effects on specific organ systems and by considering the problem through understanding the social, psychological and economic consequences of it. The Editors have recruited an invited group of esteemed experts in the field to provide the most timely and informative approaches on how to deal with this health crisis. Through educating our practitioners, our future researchers, our health and community organizations, our legislators and our families and children, we have the best chance at improving the health trajectory of the next generation. ER -