Assessment of dietary intake of overweight and obese adolescents before and after the introduction of dietetic recommendations

Background: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents continues to increase. Treatment of obesity includes reducing caloric intake through limitation of fat and simple carbohydrate intake supply...

Zaburzenia lipidowe w cukrzycy typu 1 -- czynnik ryzyka chorób sercowo-naczyniowych.

[Soluble thrombomodulin--a molecular marker of endothelial cell injury in children and adolescents with obesity]

BACKGROUND: Endothelial damage is an early step in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis which begins in early childhood after exposure to atherogenic risk factors such as obesity. Its progression may lead to very severe c...

Obojnactwo prawdziwe u 14-letniego fenotypowego chłopca- trudności diagnostyczno-lecznicze.

[Effect of human growth hormone treatment on the eyes of patients with somatotropic pituitary insufficiency and in girls with Turner's syndrome]

INTRODUCTION: The increased use of human growth hormone (hGH) in numbers of children rise questions concerning the safety of GH replacement therapy (GHRT). Adverse effects of hGH treatment (pseudotumor cerebri, papilloed...