ReviewPediatric research2023
Visceral fat and cardiometabolic future in children and adolescents: a critical update.
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- HDL-C and visceral adipose tissue as combined predictors of visceral fat changes following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.BMC surgery · 2025Trial
- Perirenal fat as a potential marker and therapeutic target for metabolic syndrome: insights from a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Trial
- Visceral adiposity and lipid-related metabolic markers in normal-weight adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Early-life body mass index and adult fat distribution: a life-course Mendelian randomisation study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Comparative effects of exercise modalities on ectopic fat reduction in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a narrative review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Specific Fat Depots and Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance in Children With Obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Soy Protein-Based Infant Formula Feeding Association with Adolescent Growth, Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Health, and Pubertal Development in Comparison with Cow's Milk-Based Infant Formula and Human Milk Feeding.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Observational
- Hydration-related indicators and adiposity measures in children and adolescents with abdominal obesity: a clinical cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Liver Steatosis, Pancreas Steatosis, Metabolic Comorbidities, and Subclinical Vascular Markers in Children with Obesity: An Imaging-Based Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Protein intake and insulin-like growth factor-1 at 12 months and associations with growth, body composition, and metabolic syndrome at 8 years.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Observational
- Association Between Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle Habits with Vascular Inflammatory Responses in Individuals with Hypertension Living in PMDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence and Its Components in Adolescents from Western Mexico.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Joint Associations of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Article
- Association between Chinese visceral adiposity index and arterial stiffness among hospital workers in a Chinese tertiary hospital.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Sex differences in associations between body composition and cardiometabolic indicators in Chinese children: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- The Interplay Between Visceral Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children With Obesity.Cureus · 2025Article
- [Prevention and management of obesity in childhood and adolescence: building social well-being through public action on the determinants of health].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2025Article
- Exploring Visceral Fat as a Screening Marker for Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The association between aggregate index of systemic inflammation and DXA-measured body composition parameters in adolescents.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Association between a body shape index and colorectal cancer in US population: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a process whose pathogenetic mechanisms start very early in life. Recently, the importance of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) has been highlighted in the development of CVD. VAT does not always depend on body mass index (BMI) and has been implicated in unfavorable metabolic activity and cardiovascular adverse events. Abnormally high deposition of VAT is associated with metabolic syndrome, obesity-associated phenotype, and cardiometabolic risk factors. Although the importance of visceral fat has not been studied broadly or extensively in long-term studies in children and adolescents, it appears that it does not have the same behavior as in adults, it is related to the appearance of cardiac risk factors. In adolescents, it plays a role in the pathogenesis of CVD that occur later in adulthood. Excess body weight and adiposity may lead to the development of early myocardial and pathological coronary changes in childhood. The purpose of this review is to summarize the risk factors, the clinical significance, and the prognostic role of visceral obesity in children and adolescents. In addition, extensive reference is made to the most commonly used techniques for the evaluation of VAT in clinical settings. IMPACT: Visceral obesity, plays an important role in cardiovascular health from very early in an individual's life. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) distribution is not entirely related to body mass index (BMI) and provides additional prognostic information. There is a need to pay more attention to the assessment of VAT in young people, to develop methods that would go beyond the measurement of only BMI in clinical practice and to identify individuals with excess visceral adiposity and perhaps to monitor its changes.
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