ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity constitutes a risk factor for several early-onset metabolic disorders. The problem is escalating in Africa, where the number of obese or overweight children and adolescents has increased byalmost 50% since 2000 according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data).Objectives: To determine the lipid and glucose profiles in Algerianchildren adolescents with obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI) &...