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Volume 8 Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
ISSN: 2165-7904 Childhood Obesity 2018
March 15-16, 2018
March 15-16, 2018 | Barcelona, Spain
11th International Conference on
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
An overviewof children inAmsterdamwith (morbid) obesity and comorbidity in secondary healthcare
Ghizlan El Mansouri
OLVG West Hospital, Netherlands
Obesity is worldwide a growing problem. Obese children are at a higher risk for developing comorbidity. The municipality
Amsterdam introduced the multidisciplinary approach Amsterdamse Aanpak Gezond Gewicht (AAGG) to standardize
healthy behavior and to counteract obesity. This study will provide an overview of children with obesity and comorbidity in
Amsterdam. It will research whether a predicting factor can be found among risk factors and it will be used to evaluate the
effect of the AAGG in coming years. 822 children, who started an obesity program in the OLVG hospitals between 2012-
2015, were included. Demographic data, the BMI grade, comorbidity and risk factors were collected and analyzed. 59% of the
children were between 5-12 years. The majority (45%) had obesity grade I (n=807). Almost a third were Moroccan (n=786)
and half of the children (n=753) had a bottom/low socio-economic environment. Regarding comorbidity, 21 had pre-diabetes,
two had diabetes mellitus, 50 had elevated LDL-cholesterol levels, 149 showed hypertension and 61 had elevated ALT-levels
(n=204). Moroccan and Ghanaian children were twice more likely to develop comorbidity than Dutch children. 151 children
with risk factors developed comorbidity (n=643), while 47 children had comorbidity without risk factors (n=141). Regarding
ethnicities, 20-30% of the children with risk factors developed comorbidity. About 25% of the children showed comorbidity,
of which the majority had obesity grade I. A relation between certain ethnicities and comorbidity was found. The AAGG
promises good results and this study is a baseline measurement to evaluate the effect of the AAGG-approach in coming years.
Biography
Ghizlan El Mansouri has completed her Bachelor degree in Biomedical Sciences in 2013 at VU University Amsterdam and is currently a fifth-year Medical Student
at VUmc School of Medical Sciences, Amsterdam. In addition to her internships, she puts time and energy in doing scientific research and working in health care
institutions.
Ghizlan El Mansouri, J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-058