Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Childhood obesity is the single most pressing public health emergency of the 21st century. The prevalence has increased at alarming rates and globally over 41 million children under 5 years of age are classified as overweight/obese. Overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese as adults and develop multi-morbidities including type 2 diabetes, cancer, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease at an earlier age. The ava...