Cardiometabolic risk and health behaviours in adolescents with normal-weight obesity: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the presence of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents with normal-weight obesity (NWO), as well as to investigate health behaviours related to the phenotype.

Design

The study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and the bibliographic search was carried out in the PubMed, Scielo and ScienceDirect databases.

Setting

School, university and population.

Participants

Adolescents between 10 and 19 years old.

Results

A total of eight papers were included. Most studies have found a relationship between NWO and the presence of cardiometabolic risk factors, such as high waist circumference, unfavourable lipid and glycid profile. As for health behaviours, three of the

SUBMITTER: Cota BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195582 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature