Abstract
Childhood obesity is a serious and progressively increasing public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions and in the United States disproportionately affects low-income and minority children [1-3]. Metabolic and cardiovascular complications of obesity in childhood, while less common than in adulthood, may nevertheless include insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Body mass index (BMI) tracks from childhood to adulthood and as such, overweight and obese children are at greater risk of developing not only hypertension, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases, but also asthma and sleep apnea in later life [4-8].
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