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Ugeskr Laeger
; 176(30): 1407-8, 2014 Jul 21.
Article
in Danish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25292234
ABSTRACT
A ten-year-old boy referred to childhood obesity treatment lost weight after one year of lifestyle intervention to a degree where he was no longer obese. Contrary to anticipated beyond the effect of a normal growth, his clinical blood pressure (BP) was higher after weight loss. This observation was caused by the use of a smaller BP cuff compared to a larger cuff at baseline. In general, weight loss in obese children during growth and development pose a challenge in regard to which BP cuff size should be used and in regard to interpretive challenges of the BP.