A ten-year review of childhood obesity in a teaching hospital, South West Nigeria.

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
I O Oluwayemi, O A Oyedeji

Abstract

Obesity is an important cosmopolitan cause of morbidity in children and adolescence age groups. Information on obesity in this age group in Nigeria is scant. To determine the prevalence of obesity and the associated morbidities seen at the Paediatric Endocrinology clinic of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, South West, Nigeria. A retrospective review of all obese children attending the Paediatric Endocrinology clinic. Sociodemographic and other information related to paediatric obesity and associated morbidities were extracted from the case notes. Data obtained was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. A total of 21 obese children attended the clinic in the 10 years of study. The 21 children were made of 14 (66.7%) girls and 7 (33.3%) boys, giving a 2:1 female to male ratio. The ages of the children ranged from 1 to 16 years with a mean age of 8.79 ± 4.35 years. Obesity was secondary to a nutritional cause in 16 (76.2%) of the cases and Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Cushing's syndrome, Iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome and post-meningitis in the remaining 1 (4.8%) case each. Seventeen (81%) of the children were from the higher socioeconomic class, and the remaining t...Continue Reading

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Feb 21, 2014·ISRN Obesity·Maria Del Mar BibiloniJosep A Tur
Apr 30, 2015·Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism·I O OluwayemiM A Oluwayemi

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