ESPE Abstracts

Children and adolescents with obesity and clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prediabetes are exposed to endothelial damage, vascular and myocardial remodeling, and atherosclerosis. If not adequately treated, these alterations may contribute to early morbility and mortality for adverse cardiovascular events in adulthood. Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in the treatment of obesity and its cardiometabolic comorbiditi...