Last post I discussed about how to evaluate overweight /obese kid, in this post I will move beyond evaluation and give u some knowledge of diseases associated with childhood overweight / obesity.
Complications of being overweight usually affect children, but the major concern is focused on long-term consequences. The recent Growth Studies showed that a doubling of the death rate from cardiovascular disease in males who were overweight during adolescence. It also revealed that children with a BMI above the 85th percentile were more susceptible to have hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, or hypertension than other same age children.
Diseases/Comorbidities observed during childhood and adolescence include
Insulin resistance,
Type 2 diabetes,
Hypercholesterolemia,
hypertriglyceridemia,
Metabolic syndrome,
Hypertension,
Orthopedic and musculoskeletal complications,
Asthma,
Sleep apnea,
Polycystic ovary syndrome,
Psychosocial disorders.
Last post I discussed about how to evaluate overweight /obese kid, in this post I will move beyond evaluation and give u some knowledge of diseases associated with childhood overweight / obesity.
Complications of being overweight usually affect children, but the major concern is focused on long-term consequences. The recent Growth Studies showed that a doubling of the death rate from cardiovascular disease in males who were overweight during adolescence. It also revealed that children with a BMI above the 85th percentile were more susceptible to have hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, or hypertension than other same age children.
Diseases/Comorbidities observed during childhood and adolescence include
Insulin resistance,Type 2 diabetes,
Hypercholesterolemia,
hypertriglyceridemia,
Metabolic syndrome,
Hypertension,
Orthopedic and musculoskeletal complications,
Asthma,
Sleep apnea,
Polycystic ovary syndrome,
Psychosocial disorders.