Bindu T Nair

Department of Pediatrics, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi-110010, India

Publications

• Original Article   
  Correlation of Biochemical Variables to Obesity and Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children
  Author(s): Bindu T Nair*, Ghuliani R and Simalti Ashish Kumar
  
  Introduction: Incidence of obesity in early childhood is increasing nowadays because of sedentary lifestyle, faulty food habits and lack of exercise. It has been observed that a variety of cardiovascular risk factors are closely linked to various biochemical variables in overweight and obese children. Objectives: Our study endeavoured to observe the correlation of various biochemical variables to cardiovascular risk factors in obese children. Materials and Methods: Ours was a case control study conducted on school children aged five to fifteen years presenting to Out Patient Department (OPD) of a 999 bedded large hospital in North India. These children were visiting the hospital for non-specific illnesses or for routine health checkup. Fifty consecutive obese and non-obese children were taken up for the st.. Read More»