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ReviewBiomolecules2020

Inflammation in Obesity-Related Complications in Children: The Protective Effect of Diet and Its Potential Role as a Therapeutic Agent.

Valeria Calcaterra, Corrado Regalbuto, Debora Porri, Gloria Pelizzo, Emanuela Mazzon, Federica Vinci, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Valentina Fabiano, Hellas Cena

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valeria CalcaterraPediatric and Adolescent Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-5974
Corrado RegalbutoPediatric Unit, Fond. IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo and University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Debora PorriLaboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Gloria Pelizzo"L. Sacco" Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Milan, 20153 Milan, Italy.
Emanuela MazzonIRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", 98124 Messina, Italy.
Federica VinciPediatric Unit, Fond. IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo and University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Gianvincenzo ZuccottiPediatric Unit, "V. Buzzi" Children's Hospital, 20153 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2795-9874
Valentina FabianoPediatric Unit, "V. Buzzi" Children's Hospital, 20153 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6449-1724
Hellas CenaLaboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5752-6199
University of Pavia · ITUniversity of Milan · ITCentro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a growing health problem in both children and adults, impairing physical and mental state and impacting health care system costs in both developed and developing countries. It is well-known that individuals with excessive weight gain frequently develop obesity-related complications, which are mainly known as Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and many other risk factors proven to be associated with chronic inflammation, causing disability and reduced life expectancy. This review aims to present and discuss complications related to inflammation in pediatric obesity, the critical role of nutrition and diet in obesity-comorbidity prevention and treatment, and the impact of lifestyle. Appropriate early dietary intervention for the management of pediatric overweight and obesity is recommended for overall healthy growth and prevention of comorbidities in adulthood.

Indexed as

DietLife StyleAdolescentAdultCardiovascular DiseasesChildDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInflammationPediatric Obesitychildrencomplicationsdietinflammationnutrientsobesityprevention

Identifiers

PMID32947869
PMCPMC7564478
OpenAlexW3086702492

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