Recent Advances in Anesthesia Management for Pediatric Obesity

Abstract

BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters. Body mass index (BMI) can be used as a measure to determine childhood overweight and obesity. For children and teens, BMI is age-and sex-specific and is often referred to as BMI-for-age. A child's weight status is determined using an age- and sex-specific percentile for BMI rather than the BMI categories used for adults. This is because children's body composition varies as they age and varies between boys and girls. Therefore, BMI levels among children and teens need to be expressed relative to other children of the same age and sex. There are many studies implicating external causes such as activity level, diet, social status, education, and exposure as risk factors for obesity. There are also many studies that provide evidence for the inherited or genetic predisposition of obesity. So the possible causes of childhood obesity include: poor diet, physical inactivity and rare genetic factor,