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Volume 7, Issue 7 (Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther, an open access journal
ISSN:2165-7904 Obesity & Fitness Expo 2017
November 13-15, 2017
November 13-15, 2017 | Atlanta, USA 17th World Fitness Expo
16th International Conference and Exhibition on
Obesity & Weight Management
&
Childhood obesity
Horia Al Mawlawi
Prince Sultan Military Medical City , Riyadh, KSA
C hildhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased
since few years in all pediatric age group in both sexes. Approximately 22 million children below 5 years of age overweight
across the world. The number of overweight children and adolescents has doubled in last 2 to 3 decades in the world. World Health
Organization on childhood obesity found that 41 million children below 5 years of age either obese or overweight as of 2014. However
more than 90% of cases are idiopathic and less than 10% are associated with hormonal or genetic causes. The idiopathic mainly
caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized. High calorie density and fat content of modern diet and lack of
physical activity is associated with increased risk of obesity. Physical, psychological and social health problems are caused due to
child health obesity. Comorbidities associated with obesity and overweight are similar in children as in adult population elevated
blood pressure, dyslipidemia and high prevalence insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes appear as frequent complication in the
overweight and obese pediatric population. Approaches in the prevention and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity are
urgently required including first healthy diet and physical activity, when lifestyle modification is insufficient to reach weight loss and
complication of obesity affect child health, pharmacotherapy is recommended if age more than 10 years. Bariatric surgery is reserved
for carefully selected sub group of young children with obesity related co-morbid condition threaten the child health where lifestyle
and medication have been evaluated but found not to be effective.
Biography
Horia Al Mawlawi has completed her Graduation and Post-graduation from King Abdulaziz University. She is currently working in Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Jeddah
as an Instructor.
Horia Al Mawlawi, J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:7 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-54