Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction in Childhood Obesity and Clinical Use

Society is faced with a new pandemic. Obesity and its associated non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular (CV) complications, diabetes [1], sleep apnea [2], and asthma, are a major threat to the management of health care worldwide. It may seem paradoxical but both childhood malnutrition in developing countries and the rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in Western youth have a common denominator, low income [3].