The state of the cardiovascular system in obese children

Obesity in children and adolescents is one of the urgent problems of modern healthcare. The medical and social significance of the problem of obesity is determined by the severity of its complications, pathogenetic connection with cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, etc. This circumstance indicates the need to recognize and correct the earliest signs of heart and vascular damage that occur with obesity.