| Grant number: | 11/50414-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | October 01, 2011 |
| End date: | September 30, 2013 |
| Field of knowledge: | Health Sciences - Nutrition |
| Principal Investigator: | Ana Raimunda Dâmaso |
| Grantee: | Ana Raimunda Dâmaso |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade (ISS). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Baixada Santista. Santos , SP, Brazil |
| City of the host institution: | Santos |
Abstract
Currently, obesity is a major public health problem. An estimated 300 million adults and nearly 40 million of children and adolescents worldwide are clinically obese. This increase in obesity in early childhood is associated with the development of many cardiovascular diseases, which highlights the atherosclerosis. Aim: To verify the role of hyperleptinemia on inflammatory and atherogenic response in obese adolescents. (AU)
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