Impulsive behavior is associated with less favorable dietary intake and cardiometabolic profile in adolescents with obesity.

Background: Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are important determinants of cardiometabolic health in pediatric obesity. Psychological factors influence decision-making and may influence lifestyle behaviors. Decision-making can be assessed using the delay discounting (DD) method, which assesses the preference for immediate over delayed rewards.

Cardiometabolic Health in Adolescents with Obesity: The Role of Protein Intake, Diet Quality, and Physical Activity.

Although adolescents with obesity have an increased risk of cardiometabolic disease, a subset maintains a healthy cardiometabolic profile. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors may determine cardiometabolic risk. We aimed to characterize the lifestyle behaviors of adolescents with obesity, compare differences between metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO), and assess associations between lifestyle behaviors and cardiometabolic profiles.

Dichotomous effect of dietary fiber in pediatrics: a narrative review of the health benefits and tolerance of fiber.

Dietary fibers are associated with favorable gastrointestinal, immune, and metabolic health outcomes when consumed at sufficient levels. Despite the well-described benefits of dietary fibers, children and adolescents continue to fall short of daily recommended levels. This gap in fiber intake (i.

The metabolic load-capacity model and cardiometabolic health in children and youth with obesity.

Background: The metabolic load-capacity index (LCI), which represents the ratio of adipose to skeletal muscle tissue-containing compartments, is potentially associated with cardiometabolic diseases.

Objectives: To examine the associations between the LCI and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and youth with obesity.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study including 10-18 years-old participants with a BMI of ≥95 .

Comparison of Body Composition, Muscle Strength and Cardiometabolic Profile in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Pilot Study.

Syndromic and non-syndromic obesity conditions in children, such as Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), both lower quality of life and increase risk for chronic health complications, which further increase health service utilization and cost. In a pilot observational study, we compared body composition and muscle strength in children aged 7−18 years with either PWS (n = 9), NAFLD (n = 14), or healthy controls (n = 16). Anthropometric and body composition measures (e.