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Volume 7, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Obes Weight Loss Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7904
Childhood Obesity & Bariatric Surgery 2017
June 12-13, 2017
June 12-13, 2017 Rome, Italy
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Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
10
th
International Conference on
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
2
nd
International Conference on
JOINT EVENT
Obesity or normal nutritional behavior; which should be the main focus in children and adolescents?
Ata Pourabbasi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
O
ver the past decades, obesity has become a global concern. This issue is not limited to a certain range of age so that a plethora of
research body has focused on obesity in childhood and adulthood. Several studies have also supported the impact of obesity in
raising the rate of mortality and the incidence of non-communicable diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. However,
in parallel with these findings, a new concept, metabolically healthy obesity has been developed in this area. According to this new
concept, metabolic parameters could be normal such as insulin resistance, lipid profile, etc. despite of obesity phenotype. Consistently,
it has been confirmed in several studies that metabolically healthy obese individuals are not significantly different from those of
normal weight in respect of risk of obesity-related disorders such as CVDs, and liver fibrosis. Putting all these findings together raises
the question whether the obesity phenotype is a troublemaking health issue or obesogenic behaviors even without obesity phenotype?
Is it possible for obese individuals to have normal behavior, and normal weight individuals, in contrast, have inappropriate behaviors
such as excessive intake of junk foods, sedentary life style, overeating, etc.? Although, no documented study has been so far carried
out in this field, but the experience of the author attest to the fact that the obesity phenotype is not necessarily correlated with the
eating behaviors; and the issue which leads to the obesity-related complications in different ages may not be the obesity phenotype
but is the abnormal nutritional behaviors even though in non-obese individuals. Thus, it seems necessary to put more emphasis on
establishing normal nutritional behaviors in childhood instead of obesity phenotype and fitness.
Biography
Ata Pourabbasi completed his PhD in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience at Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI). His main research focus is
on “Relation between health problems, medical illnesses and cognitive functions especially in children and adolescents”. He has developed a new concept named
Cognitomics in which human behavior is considered as the main window into cognitive functions. He has established Cognitomics Lab at EMRI for expanding his
studies.
atapoura@gmail.comAta Pourabbasi, J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-045