Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors among children and adolescents with cerebral palsy.

CONCLUSIONS: the frequency of cardiometabolic risk factors was high in this sample of pediatric patients with CP, associated with overweight, low mobility, and vitamin D deficiency. We propose a BMI > 75th percentile as cutoff point for metabolic risk factors. PMID: 32686452 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - July 19, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Barja S, Le Roy C, Sepúlveda C, Guzmán ML, Olivarez M, Figueroa MJ Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research