Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Nov 2023)
Psychosocial and environmental risk factors of obesity and hypertension in children and adolescents—a literature overview
- Małgorzata Wójcik,
- Małgorzata Wójcik,
- Julio Alvarez-Pitti,
- Julio Alvarez-Pitti,
- Julio Alvarez-Pitti,
- Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska,
- Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska,
- Michał Brzeziński,
- Rosita Gabbianelli,
- Vesna Herceg-Čavrak,
- Elke Wühl,
- Ignacio Lucas,
- Ignacio Lucas,
- Ignacio Lucas,
- Ignacio Lucas,
- Dragan Radovanović,
- Anette Melk,
- Beatriz González Lopez-Valcarcel,
- Fernando Fernández-Aranda,
- Fernando Fernández-Aranda,
- Fernando Fernández-Aranda,
- Artur Mazur,
- Empar Lurbe,
- Empar Lurbe,
- Empar Lurbe,
- Claudio Borghi,
- Dorota Drożdż,
- Dorota Drożdż
Affiliations
- Małgorzata Wójcik
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Chair of Pediatrics, Pediatric Institute, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
- Małgorzata Wójcik
- Interclinical Center for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity, University Children’s Hospital of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
- Julio Alvarez-Pitti
- Pediatric Department, Consorcio Hospital General, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Julio Alvarez-Pitti
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Julio Alvarez-Pitti
- INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Hospital Clínico, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska
- Interclinical Center for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity, University Children’s Hospital of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
- Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska
- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Pediatric Institute, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
- Michał Brzeziński
- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Allergology and Pediatric Nutrition, Medical University of Gdansk, Kraków, Poland
- Rosita Gabbianelli
- Unit of Molecular Biology and Nutrigenomics, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
- Vesna Herceg-Čavrak
- Faculty of Health Science, Libertas International University, Zagreb, Croatia
- Elke Wühl
- 0Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Ignacio Lucas
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Ignacio Lucas
- 1Department of Clinical Psychology, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
- Ignacio Lucas
- 2Clinical Psychology Unit, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
- Ignacio Lucas
- 3Psychoneurobiology of Eating and Addictive Behaviours Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- Dragan Radovanović
- 4Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
- Anette Melk
- 5Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Beatriz González Lopez-Valcarcel
- 6Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Management, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- Fernando Fernández-Aranda
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Fernando Fernández-Aranda
- 1Department of Clinical Psychology, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
- Fernando Fernández-Aranda
- 7Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Artur Mazur
- 8Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
- Empar Lurbe
- Pediatric Department, Consorcio Hospital General, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Empar Lurbe
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Empar Lurbe
- INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Hospital Clínico, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Claudio Borghi
- 9Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Dorota Drożdż
- Interclinical Center for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity, University Children’s Hospital of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
- Dorota Drożdż
- 0Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Chair of Pediatrics, Pediatric Institute, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1268364
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10
Abstract
Childhood obesity has become a worldwide epidemic in the 21st century. Its treatment is challenging and often ineffective, among others due to complex, often not obvious causes. Awareness of the existence and meaning of psychosocial and environmental risk factors seems to be an essential element in the prevention and treatment of obesity and its complications, especially arterial hypertension. In this review, we will discuss the role of that risk factors linking obesity and increased cardiovascular disorders including the role of nutritional factors (including the role of unhealthy diet, inadequate hydration), unhealthy behaviors (e.g. smoking, alcohol and drugs, sedentary behavior, low physical activity, disrupted circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, screen exposure), unfavorable social factors (such as dysfunctional family, bullying, chronic stress, mood disorders, depression, urbanization, noise, and environmental pollution), and finally differences in cardiovascular risk in girls and boys.
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