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Volume 8
Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
ISSN: 2165-7904
Childhood Obesity 2018
March 15-16, 2018
March 15-16, 2018 | Barcelona, Spain
11
th
International Conference on
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
Implication of childhood obesity and high pro-inflammatory diets in South Carolinian children:
Survey and data stratification
Dejah Thomas, Richard Drayton, Shanora Brown
and
Ashley Knowell
South Carolina State University, USA
I
n South Carolina, childhood obesity is growing at an alarming rate surpassing the national average. 40% of children in SC
are classified as either overweight or obese. The rise of childhood obesity in the US is astounding due to factors such as
socioeconomic status and poor nutritional choices. In SC, counties located within the I-95 corridor, commonly referred to as
the corridor of shame, due to years of being severely underfunded and underdeveloped; thereby, contributing to a variety of
problems such as poverty, lack of health care, poor health choices, and obesity. Childhood obesity can lead to numerous health
complications in adulthood that includes diabetes, high-cholesterol, chronic joint pain, and cancer. The purpose of this study is
to address the epidemic of childhood obesity in SC. If the preventable risk factor of childhood obesity is targeted, it could play
a significant role in reducing the number of adult cancer cases. Our study is enrolling South Carolinian children from varying
degrees of rurality and backgrounds to determine if obesity and/or high-fat pro-inflammatory diets contribute to the increased
level of pro-inflammatory markers, which in turn contributes to long-term chronic inflammation leading to increased adult
carcinogenesis. A screening survey, which gives a snapshot of the participant’s nutritional, physical activity background and
demographics, has been developed and a fully integrated mobile app will be launched. Participants recruited from six counties
will be stratified by rurality, lifestyle factors and socioeconomic status to assess the effect of these exogenous factors on adult
cancer risk.
Biography
Dejah Thomas is a senior Biology Major at South Carolina State University from Atlanta, Georgia. She has plans of attending medical and/or graduate school.
She has been actively engaged in research for the past four years. Richard Drayton is a Sophomore Computer Science at South Carolina State University from
Yamassee, South Carolina. He has been working on App development for the past few years. He has been actively engaged in research.
Dejah Thomas et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-057