Open AccessOrthopedic Problems in Overweight and Obese Children
Author(s) -
GL Di Gennaro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
integrative pediatrics and child care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-966X
DOI - 10.18314/ipcc.v1i1.1102
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , body mass index , diabetes mellitus , childhood obesity , pediatrics , orthopedic surgery , coronary artery disease , risk factor , disease , gerontology , demography , surgery , endocrinology , sociology
According to the data published by Haslam and James, about 10% of the world populations aged up to 18 areoverweight or obese [1]. In Europe, there are about 20% children with excessive body mass, 5% of whom sufferfrom obesity [2,3]. Childhood obesity is an ongoing epidemic in the United States [4,5]. The most recent data fromthe US indicate that 16.9% of children and adolescents are obese, defined as a body mass index (BMI) for age >95thpercentile [6,7] and there is evidence that the prevalence of obesity among children will reach 30% by 2030 [8].Childhood obesity is a risk factor for greater morbidity later in life, including diabetes, coronary artery disease andincreased mortality [4,5,9,10].