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Cardiometabolic risk factors in South American children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Built environment is a key driver of cardiometabolic health in two Indigenous groups undergoing rapid lifestyle change.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2026Article
- Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms for Fitness-Based Cardiometabolic Risk Classification in Adolescents.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The excess body fat is a potential mediator between consumption of ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic risk in normal-weight Brazilian children.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The built environment is more predictive of cardiometabolic health than other aspects of lifestyle in two rapidly transitioning Indigenous populations.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- The Effect of a Program to Improve Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet on Cardiometabolic Parameters in 7034 Spanish Workers.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCardiometabolic risk factors (impaired fasting glucose, abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia) cluster in children, may predict adult disease burden, and are inadequately characterized in South American children.
objectivesTo quantify the burden of cardiometabolic risk factors in South American children (0-21 years) and identify knowledge gaps.
methodsWe systematically searched PubMed, Google Scholar, and the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature via Virtual Health Library from 2000-2021 in any language. Two independent reviewers screened and extracted all data.
results179 studies of 2,181 screened were included representing 10 countries (n = 2,975,261). 12.2% of South American children experienced obesity, 21.9% elevated waist circumference, 3.0% elevated fasting glucose, 18.1% high triglycerides, 29.6% low HDL cholesterol, and 8.6% high blood pressure. Cardiometabolic risk factor definitions varied widely. Chile exhibited the highest prevalence of obesity/overweight, low HDL, and impaired fasting glucose. Ecuador exhibited the highest prevalence of elevated blood pressure. Rural setting (vs. urban or mixed) and indigenous origin protected against most cardiometabolic risk factors.
conclusionsSouth American children experience high rates of obesity, overweight, and dyslipidemia. International consensus on cardiometabolic risk factor definitions for children will lead to improved diagnosis of cardiometabolic risk factors in this population, and future research should ensure inclusion of unreported countries and increased representation of indigenous populations.
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