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[Obesity and hypercholesterolemia in a primary school in Rome]
E Menghetti1, G Di Feo, G Mucedola
1Istituto di Puericultura, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
Minerva Pediatrica
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
The research in particular the incidence of obesity, hypertension and hyperlipemia was evaluated involved 201 primary school children. The results show an obesity percentage equal to 28%; 23% of the young were hypercholesterolic and 21% had hypertriglyceridemia. Nobody was hypertensioned. The high percentage of obese and hjperlipemic subjects suggest the immediate needs of Courses of alimentary education in schools, as well as to resort to sound daily sporting activity.