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1
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What is obesity defined as?

A

High body fat content associated with disease risk

2
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When plotting a BMI chart, at what age is there the transit from UK-WHO to UK90 data?

A

Age 4 years old

3
Q

What centile line shows the average? (for eg MBI, height, weight)

A

The 50th centile line

4
Q

What centile line shows overwight on a BMI chart?

Which centile line shows clinically obese?

A

Centile line for overweight is 91st

Centile line for clincally obese (ie. very overweight) is 98th centile line

5
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What does the 99.6th centile line show on a BMI chart?

A

An individual who is severely overweight

6
Q

How is BMI calculated? (what is it measured in)

A

Calculated by dividing weight (in kg) by the square of the height (in metres)

Kg/metres squared

7
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What does a BMI below the second centile usually reflect?

A

May reflect under-nutrition but could simply reflect small build

8
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What BMI centile is it where if children lie below they are likely to have additional problems?

A

The 0.4th centile

9
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What are some short and long term consequences for obesity in children?

A

Hyperlipidaemia
Hypertension
Sleep apnoea
T2DM

Long term - obesity persistence, premature mortality and morbidity

10
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When should the BMI centile be calculated? (usually one of two reasons)

A

If weight is above the 75th centile
OR
if weight and height centiles differ

11
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What are some endocrine causes of obesity in children?

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Hypothyroidism
Hypopituitarism
Growth hormone insufficiency

Excessive corticosteroid adminsitartion

12
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What are 4 inheritable disorders that can cause obesity?

A

Down-syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Duchenne muscular dystrophy

13
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What is the genetic abnormality in Down’s sydnrome and Fragile X syndrome?

A

Down’s syndrome - Presence of a third copy of chromosome 21

Fragile X syndrome - triplet repeat in the FMR1 (fragile X mental retardation 1) gene causing varying degree of disability

14
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What happens in prader-willi syndrome? (which chromosme, complications)

A

Prader-willi - loss of function of specific genes on chromosome 15 causing the child to become constantly hungry leading to obesity and usually T2DM

About 3/4 of cases occur when part of the father’s chromosome 15 is deleted. In another 25% of cases, the affected person has two copies of the maternal chromosome 15 from the mother and lacks the paternal copy

15
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When should anti-obesity drugs such as orlistat be prescribed to children?

How does orlistat work?

A

should only be prescribed for severely overweight adolescents aka morbidly obese (BMI >99.6th percentile) with comorbidities attending a special clinic

Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet by acting as a pancreatic lipase inhibitor, thereby reducing caloric intake as fats cannot be broken down and absorbed

16
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Is bariatric surgery considered for children or adolescents?

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Bariatric surgery can be considered for post-pubertal adolescents with very severe to extreeme obesity o BMI charts and severe co-morbidities

17
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What is extreme obesity (morbidly obese) classified as on BMI chats?

A

Greater than 3.33 standard deviations

18
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Key messages
For adolescents aged 5-18

  • Hours of physical activity per day?
  • Hours maximum screen time?

Balanced meals

A

Adolescents aged 5-18

  • 1 hour moderate physical activity per day (at least 3 days/week should be vigorous intensity exercise)
  • 2hours maximum screen time per day