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Volume 8 Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy Obesity Middle East 2018
June 25-26, 2018
June 25-26, 2018 Dubai, UAE
Middle East Obesity, Bariatric Surgery
and Endocrinology Congress
Surgical management of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms women
Ender Dulundu
University of Marmara, Turkey
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (PNENs) are rare, accounting for less than 3% of all pancreatic tumors. PNENs exhibit a
wide spectrumof clinical behavior that hasmade classification and staging difficult.While themajority of PNENs are associated
with relatively good survival, there can be significant variability in outcomes based on their biological heterogeneity. PNENs share
a unique genetic identity, functional behavior and clinical course. Compared with tumors of the exocrine pancreas, they are rare
and show a different biological behavior and prognosis. Some PNENs are associated with symptoms of hormone secretion, with
increased systemic levels of insulin, gastrin, glucagon or other hormones. More commonly, PNENs are non-functional, without
hormone secretion. Surgical resection is the mainstay of therapy, particularly for localized disease that must be tailored to tumor
and clinical characteristics. Surgery is indicated in patients with PNENs to alleviate systemic symptoms do to hormone over
production, compressive symptoms due to local mass effect and to prevent malignant transformation or dissemination. Small,
incidental PNENs are increasingly managed non-operatively. Surgery may also be indicated in some instances of metastatic
disease, if all metastatic foci may be removed.
J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C3-064
Prevalence of childhood obesity among school children (8-14 years old) and school preventive measures
to fight against this problem in Karri locality, Khartoum state, Sudan
Ethar Moawia Abdullah Ahmed
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Background: Childhood obesity is associated with serious health problems particularly an increasing incidence of NIDDM
among children.
Objective: To measure the prevalence of childhood obesity among school children age (8-14 years old) and to determine the
school preventive measures to fight against obesity.
Methodology: An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among school children of age (8-14) years in six schools
in Khartoum state, Sudan. A total of 228 pupils (114 males and 114 females) were selected from six basic public schools using
cluster random sampling. Anthropometric measurements were recorded for each child according to WHO protocols. Scientific
questionnaire was designed to collect information about socio-economic status of families. Data were analyzed using SPSS; WHO
AnthroPlus was used to obtain the Z-score (BMI for age and sex) in order to determine the nutritional state for each child. An
observation checklist was used to determine the school preventive measures against obesity; it includes information about types
of snacks sold in the school, types of activities the children perform while they are in the school.
Result: The prevalence of childhood overweight was 9.6%; obesity was 10.5%; underweight was 25% and the normal weight was
50.9%. There was a positive correlation between pocket money (pound per day) and the childhood overweight and obesity. There
was no association between age, gender, mother work, mother education and childhood obesity. Only two schools out of six do
not allow soft drinks to be sold in their food canteens. These two schools showed the least mean BMI (18:18.3) in comparison with
the mean BMI of the other four schools (18.5, 19.2, 19.4 and 19.9).
Conclusion & Recommendation: The study revealed a high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity and the overall
school’s preventive measures against obesity were found to be inadequate for marinating appropriate physical environment and
good nutritional behavior for the pupils. So, there is a need to implement a school preventive program to fight against this problem.