Anthropometric Measurements and Nutritional Assessment in Some Obese Children and Adolescents and Its Relation to Insulin Resistance
Noura Ramadan Osman;
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besity in children and adolescents has become an increasing clinical and public health concern.
Its prevalence has increased significantly worldwide with an alarming rise of its comorbidities as: diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension …. etc. Among those comorbidities is vitamin D deficiency which is due to its sequestration in the fat cells.
Vitamin D once recognized as a skeletal vitamin only is now questionable as it was found to affect many systems within the body and that its deficiency is associated with many comorbidities as rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults, muscle weakness, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, increase tendency for infections, insulin resistance and many other health complications.
The present study was a cross-sectional study done in Obesity clinic, children Hospital, Ain Shams University.It included 40 obese children and adolescents ( ≥ 95th BMI percentile for age and sex) With mean age 8.24 ± 2.86 and 40 non obese age and sex matched children taken as control with a mean age 8.24 ± 3.67.
The aim of this study was to evaluate t
O
besity in children and adolescents has become an increasing clinical and public health concern.
Its prevalence has increased significantly worldwide with an alarming rise of its comorbidities as: diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension …. etc. Among those comorbidities is vitamin D deficiency which is due to its sequestration in the fat cells.
Vitamin D once recognized as a skeletal vitamin only is now questionable as it was found to affect many systems within the body and that its deficiency is associated with many comorbidities as rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults, muscle weakness, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, increase tendency for infections, insulin resistance and many other health complications.
The present study was a cross-sectional study done in Obesity clinic, children Hospital, Ain Shams University.It included 40 obese children and adolescents ( ≥ 95th BMI percentile for age and sex) With mean age 8.24 ± 2.86 and 40 non obese age and sex matched children taken as control with a mean age 8.24 ± 3.67.
The aim of this study was to evaluate t
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| Title | Anthropometric Measurements and Nutritional Assessment in Some Obese Children and Adolescents and Its Relation to Insulin Resistance | Other Titles | القياسات البشرية وتقييم التغذية في بعض الأطفال والمراهقين البدناء وعلاقته بمقاومة الأنسولين | Authors | Noura Ramadan Osman | Issue Date | 2017 |
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