Skin Carotenoid Score as a Potential Early Biomarker of Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents represents a major global health concern. Adolescent weight gain frequently shows additional metabolic risk factors, including insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, whose co-occurrence defines the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Adherence to a healthy dietary pattern, such as the Mediterranean Diet (MD), has been shown to reduce the metabolic risk among adolescents. Skin carotenoid score has emerged as an objective and non-invasive indicator of MD adherence; however, its relationship with a cluster of metabolic parameters which characterize the MetS, including the triglyceride levels, diastolic blood pressure, and waist circumference, remains poorly explored. Here, we investigated the

SUBMITTER: Augimeri G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12845373 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature