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Title: Adiposity in children and adolescents: Correlates and clinical consequences of fat stored in specific body depots

Author
item KATZMARZYK, P - Pennington Biomedical Research Center
item SHEN, W - St Luke'S-Roosevelt Hospital
item BAXTER-JONES, A - University Of Saskatchewan
item BELL, J - Imperial College
item BUTTE, NANCY - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
item DEMERATH, E - University Of Minnesota
item GILSANZ, V - Children'S Hospital Los Angeles
item GORAN, M - University Of Southern California
item HIRSCHLER, V - El Hospital General De Agudos Carlos G Durand
item HU, H - University Of Southern California
item MAFFEIS, C - University Of Verona
item MALINA, R - University Of Texas
item MÜLLER, M - Christian Albrechts University
item PIETROBELLI, A - Pennington Biomedical Research Center
item WELLS, J - Institute Of Child Health

Submitted to: International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/22/2012
Publication Date: 10/1/2012
Citation: Katzmarzyk, P.T., Shen, W., Baxter-Jones, A., Bell, J.D., Butte, N.F., Demerath, E.W., Gilsanz, V., Goran, M.I., Hirschler, V., Hu, H.H., Maffeis, C., Malina, R.M., Müller, M.J., Pietrobelli, A., Wells, J.C. 2012. Adiposity in children and adolescents: Correlates and clinical consequences of fat stored in specific body depots. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 7(5):E42-61.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The 2011 Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Scientific Symposium focused on adiposity in children and adolescents. The symposium was attended by 15 speakers and other invited experts. The specific objectives of the symposium were to (i) integrate the latest published and unpublished findings on the laboratory and clinical assessment of depot-specific adiposity in children and adolescents, (ii) understand the variation in depot-specific adiposity and related health outcomes associated with age, sex, maturation, ethnicity and other factors, and (iii) identify opportunities for incorporating new markers of abdominal obesity into clinical practice guidelines for obesity in children and adolescents. This symposium provided an overview of important new advances in the field and identified directions for future research. The long-term goal of the symposium is to aid in the early identification of children and adolescents who are at increased health risk because of obesity and obesity-related conditions.