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Volume 7, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Clin Trial
ISSN: 2167-0870 JCTR, an open access journal
Global Pharmacovigilance 2017
July 06-07, 2017
JULY 06-07, 2017 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
8
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Pharmacovigilance &
Drug Safety Summit
J Clin Trial 2017, 7:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0870-C1-017
Childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome in India
Surya Prakash
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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hildhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in developed as well as in developing countries. Overweight and obesity
in childhood are known to have significant impact on both physical and psychological health. Overweight and obese
children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and more likely to develop non-communicable diseases like pre-diabetes,
metabolic syndrome, diabetes, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular diseases at a younger
age. Developing countries like India have a unique problem of ‘double burden’ wherein at one end of the spectrum we have
obesity in children and adolescents while at the other end we have malnutrition and underweight. Globally, the prevalence
of childhood obesity has risen in recent years. Previous studies indicated that 200 million children are either overweight or
obese. There is lack of national representative data on obesity in children from India with its widely varying geographical, social
and cultural norms. The mechanism of overweight and obesity development is not fully understood and it is believed to be
a disorder with multiple causes. Environmental factors, sedentary lifestyle, bad dietary habits and cultural environment play
significant roles in the rising prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide. In general, overweight and obesity are assumed
to be the results of an increase in caloric and fat intake. On the other hand, there are supporting evidence that excessive sugar
intake by soft drink, genetic, increased portion size and steady decline in physical activity have been playing major roles in the
rising rates of overweight and obesity all around the world.
suryabhat@gmail.com