Simple obesity in children

There are many reasons for simple obesity in children. It may be due to genetic inheritance or it may be caused by overeating. We need to check the reasons for simple obesity in children. If children are excessively obese, it will affect the functions of various organs in the body and increase the pressure on the organs. Therefore, we need to understand the symptoms of simple obesity in children and then control their diet to lose weight.

Simple obesity is a global and important children's health problem. After infectious diseases and serious malnutrition diseases have been basically controlled, simple obesity has gradually become an important health problem for children in my country. Obesity is caused by energy metabolism disorders, which leads to excessive accumulation of body fat, especially subcutaneous fat accumulation.

Clinical manifestations

Simple obesity can occur in children of any age, with the peak incidence occurring during infancy, preschool age, and adolescence. The child has an excellent appetite, eats a lot, likes to eat sweet and fatty food, and is lazy to move. They appear fat and tall. Not only do they weigh more than children of the same age, but their height and bone age are also at the upper limit for children of the same age, with a few exceeding that. The children have very thick and evenly distributed subcutaneous fat, with significant fat accumulation on the cheeks, shoulders, chest and abdominal wall. The thighs and upper arms are thick while the extremities are thinner. In boys, due to fat accumulation in the perineum, the penis is buried, which may be mistaken for external genital hypoplasia. The child's intelligence is good. [1]

Severely obese people may suffer from hypoxemia, shortness of breath, cyanosis, and even polycythemia, cardiomegaly, and congestive heart failure due to limited activity of the thorax and diaphragm, which is known as Pickwickian syndrome.

Cause

Among obese children, more than 95% of them are simple obese. Simple obesity in children is a heat energy metabolism disorder caused by excessive accumulation of body fat due to the imbalance between energy intake and consumption, that is, due to overnutrition.

harm

Simple obesity can cause functional damage to some organs and systems of the body, reduce activity and physical fitness, and also have a certain impact on children's psychology. In addition, it is also a risk factor for adult obesity and adult diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes. The top three causes of death in urban populations are malignant tumors, cerebrovascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases, and most cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are complications caused by obesity. Therefore, strengthening the prevention and treatment of simple obesity is of great significance to enhancing the physical fitness of children and adolescents and preventing adult diseases.