Review article
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-145-supl5-11
A personalized approach to the problem of obesity in primary pediatrics health care
Irena Bralić
; Dom zdravlja Zagreb-Istok, Zagreb, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
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Katija Pivalica
; Klinika za dječje bolesti, Klinički bolnički centar Split
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Obesity is a complex disease caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Due to frequency, direct and indirect effects on morbidity in childhood and adolescence and in the long term mortality in adulthood it attracts clinical and public health attention of pediatricians. Parents choose their child primary care pediatricians and often do not perceive obesity in children as a health problem. Primary health care pediatricians enjoy the trust of parents, which together with their knowledge and tools of continuous monitoring the growth and development of children gives them possibility of coordinated timely intervention in terms of information and advice. The review paper presents the importance of objective diagnosis of obesity, understanding of the occurrence of simple obesity as well as the occurrence of obesity as part of syndromes and endocrinological disease. The possibilities od a rational personalized approach to an obese child are analyzed in relation to etiological basis and potential development of comorbidities. Special emphasis is placed on practical application of personalized interventions in obese children at the level of primary pediatrics health care.
Keywords
OBESITY, CHILDREN, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PAEDIATRICIAN, PREVENTION
Hrčak ID:
308999
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Publication date:
10.10.2023.
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