Effects of orlistat on fat-soluble vitamins in obese adolescents.

Research has shown that at least half of obese children over 6 and 70 percent to 80 percent of obese adolescents become obese adults.

Article: Evaluation of two dietary treatments in obese hyperinsulinemic adolescents.

Of all the obese adolescents, 8.2% had said to be depressed, compared to 8.9% of the non-obese adolescents who said they were depressed.

Our overweight and obese adolescents had higher TC, LDL, TRG and lower HDL values which correlated with BMI, and other measures of fatness.

These observations underscore the need for research efforts directed at the development of effective interventions for obese adolescents.

A. Many obese adolescents have high triglicerides and low HDL cholesterol, the good cholesterol.

The distribution of obese and overweight adolescents in our study did not differ from that expected in an average North American population.

Such alterations seem clinically important even in children, as evidenced by an increase in glucose profile abnormalities in obese adolescents.

In conclusion our study confirms the hypothesis that overweight and obese adolescents have higher fasting plasma glucose and insulin levels, and an abnormal lipid profile relative to their lean peers.