Pediatr. praxi. 2012;13(1):12-15

Komplex metabolic changes in children with obesity

MUDr.Zlatko Marinov¹, MUDr.Dalibor Pastucha, Ph.D., MBA²

¹ Dětská obezitologická ambulance, Dětská poliklinika FN Motol Praha

² Klinika tělovýchovného lékařství a kardiovaskulární rehabilitace FN Olomouc

According to current statistics, there are at an average child‘s general practice about seventy children registered with obesity, including

fifty children indicated for long-term treatment of obesity due to medical indications and fifteen children are intended for targeted

modifications in their diet. Currently, we are exposed to pandemic common obesity, which is a chronic metabolic disease with societal

consequences. Common obesity mainly reflects an early onset of cardio-metabolic risk, but the clinical picture of complications of

childhood obesity is broader and includes not only the risk of life-limitation, but also respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, orthopaedic

and endocrine complications along with serious psychosocial problems. The effects caused by childhood obesity are reversible

initially, and early identification and treatment is a major clinical challenge in preventing the development of serious metabolic, organ,

psychological and societal complications.

Keywords: obesity in children, kardio-metabolic risk, metabolic syndrom, liver steatosis, obstructive sleep apnea syndrom

Published: March 1, 2012  Show citation