Pediatric metabolic syndrome: from prevention to treatment.

Abstract

Pediatric metabolic syndrome is becoming a substantial health problem at global level [1, 2]. It has a complex multifactorial etiology. Prevention and control of its modifiable risk factors from prenatal period can have long-term health effect on primordial prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases. Given the increasing evidence on tracking of risk factors from childhood into adult life, the potential role of genetic, prenatal, environmental, biological, and behavioral determinants of pediatric metabolic syndrome should be underscored [3–5].