Medical and non-medical complications among children and adolescents with excessive body weight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of disease from childhood obesity is considerable worldwide, as it is associated with several co-morbidities, such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), orthopedic and psychosocial problems. We aimed at determining the prevalence of these complications in a population of children and adolescents with body weight excess.

Methods

This is a cohort study including 774 new patients (1.7 - 17.9 yrs, mean 11.1 ± 3.0) attending a pediatric obesity care center. We assessed personal and family medical histories, physical examination, systemic blood pressure, biochemical screening tests.

Results

We found that the great majority of the children suffered from at least one medical complication. Orthopedic pathologies were the most frequent (54

SUBMITTER: Maggio AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168248 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature