Copeptin in obese children and adolescents: relationships to body mass index, cortisol and gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Rothermel ◽  
Alexandra Kulle ◽  
Paul-Martin Holterhus ◽  
Christina Toschke ◽  
Nina Lass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Correlates of overweight and obesity among school going children of Himachal Pradesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (05) ◽  
pp. 146-150
Author(s):  
Minakshi Chimanchod ◽  
Vijay Chaudhary ◽  
Abhimanyu Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Adult Obesity ◽  
Obese Children

Overweight and obesity are important determinants of health leading to adverse metabolic changes and increase the risk of non-communicable diseases. Following the increase in adult obesity, the proportion of overweight and obese children and adolescents has also been increasing. Erroneous life style and food habits are mainly responsible for rising graph of obesity. Hence, the present study was undertaken to study the magnitude of overweight/obesity and its correlates among school-age children ranging from 5-15 years, on the basis of 85th and 95th percentile of body mass index (BMI). Result showed the prevalence of overweight and obesity as 10.33% and 3.33%, respectively. Among number of other correlates related with life style, Kapha predominant Prakriti evolved as an important predictor of obesity. Data of this study clearly delineates that obesity is an increasing malady in rural and semi urban populations also on the pattern of metro cities.

Obesity and its Impact on Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 485-487
Author(s):  
Veerabhadrappa G Mendagudli ◽  
Shivaleela S Sarawad
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
The United States ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Obese People ◽  
The World

Obesity has almost tripled globally since 1975. More than 1.9 billion people aged 18 and up were overweight in 2016. Over 650 million of them were obese. In 2016, 39% of adults aged 18 and up were overweight, with 13% being obese. Overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight in the majority of the world's population. In the year 2019, 38 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese. In 2016, over 340 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years old were overweight or obese. Obesity can be avoided. Currently, India has over 135 million obese people. Until recently, the body mass index (BMI) was used to measure obesity. By 2020, there will be 158 million obese children around the world, rising to 206 million by 2025 and 254 million by 2030. In reality, India will have the most obese children after China, with 27,481,141 or 27 million, well ahead of the United States' 17 million.

scholarly journals Missense mutations and polymorphisms of the MC4R gene in Polish obese children and adolescents in relation to the relative body mass index

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Nowacka-Woszuk ◽  
Jakub Cieslak ◽  
Bogda Skowronska ◽  
Katarzyna A. Majewska ◽  
Witold Stankiewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Missense Mutations ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Mc4r Gene

scholarly journals Gender Differences of Adiponectin Levels Develop during the Progression of Puberty and Are Related to Serum Androgen Levels

2004 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 4053-4061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Böttner ◽  
Jürgen Kratzsch ◽  
Grit Müller ◽  
Thomas M. Kapellen ◽  
Susann Blüher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Pubertal Development ◽  
Sensitivity Index ◽  
Serum Concentrations ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Pubertal Stage

Adiponectin is an adipocytokine with profound antidiabetic and antiatherogenic effects that is decreased in obesity. With the increasing prevalence of obesity and the emergence of related disorders, including type 2 diabetes in children, the regulation of adiponectin and its relationship to childhood obesity is of great interest. In this study we aimed to elucidate the impact of gender, pubertal development, and obesity on adiponectin levels in children. We investigated two phenotypically characterized cohorts of 200 normal weight and 135 obese children and adolescents covering a wide range of age (3.4–17.9 yr) and body mass index (−2.1 to +4.8 sd score). In healthy lean boys, adiponectin levels significantly declined in parallel with physical and pubertal development, subsequently leading to significantly reduced adiponectin levels in adolescent boys compared with girls (5.6 ± 0.5 vs. 7.1 ± 0.5 mg/liter; P = 0.03). This decline was inversely related to testosterone (r = −0.42; P < 0.0001) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (r = −0.20; P = 0.0068) serum concentrations and may account for the gender differences seen in adults. Using a stepwise forward multiple regression model, pubertal stage was the strongest independent predictor of adiponectin (r2 = 0.206; P < 0.0001), with additional influences of body mass index sd score and testosterone. Adiponectin levels were decreased in obese children and adolescents compared with lean peers of corresponding age and pubertal stage (5.18 vs. 7.13 mg/liter; P = 0.015). In obese children, adiponectin levels were closely associated with parameters related to the metabolic syndrome, such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, blood pressure, and uric acid, in univariate and multivariate analyses, with the insulin sensitivity index being the strongest independent parameter identified by stepwise forward multiple regression (r2 = 0.226; P < 0.0001). Hence, there is a strong association of adiponectin serum concentrations with obesity, pubertal development, and metabolic parameters in children indicating epidemiological and pathophysiological relevance already in childhood.

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