4. .
Obesity can be measured by using BMI which is an
excellent tool for measuring body fats.
(BMI = weight in kg / Height in meters)
NORMAL:
BMI 5 - 84 percentile
OVER WEIGHT:
BMI 85 - 95 percentile
OBESITY:
BMI 95 - 99 percentile
MORBID OBESITY:
BMI >99 percentile
5. .
WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE:
Waist for age percentile
Waist for height Ratio:Normaly waist should
be less than half of the height.
6. .
Below 2 years of age weight/height is used as a
measure of obesity.
OVERWEIGHT: weight/height >20% expected
normal.
OBESE: >50%
MORBID OBESITY: >80%
10. HISTORY
Time of obesity onset
Feeding habits,pattern and peferences
Physical activity
Screen time
Previous chronic diseases
Sleeping patern
Poor neighborhood safety
Family history of obesity
Mental status
Brain damage
Headach,vomiting and visual disturbance
17. MANAGEMENT
Prevention is better than cure
Decrease energy intake and increase
expendature
But its not so simple…….
Obesity is a chronic disabling disease which
need mutiple preventive and therapeutic
measures to be control.
18. .
Goal
Weight maintenance or gradual weight loss until
BMI is <85th percentile and should not exceed 1
lb/month in children aged 2–5 years, or 2 lb/week
in older obese children and adolescents
22. PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY
o The only US FDA approved medication for
obesity in childern >16yr old is “ORLISTAT”
which decrease fat absorption by inhibiting
intestinal lipases.
60mg with each faty meal.
ADVERSE EFFECTS: Flatulance,oily stool and
spotting.
o Phentermine + topiramate
o Amylin + Leptin
23. BARIATRIC SURGERY
American pediatric surgical association guideline
recommends that surgery be consider only after
complete or near complete skeletal maturity in
patient with….
BMI >40kg/m2 and complication from obesity,after
they have fail 6 mo weight management program.
PROCEDURES:
)) Roux-en-Y
)) Adjustable gastric band