Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure

Aakash Pandita,1 Deepak Sharma,2 Dharti Pandita,3 Smita Pawar,4 Mir Tariq,5 Avinash Kaul6 1Department of Pediatrics, SMGS Hospital Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India; 2Department of Pediatrics, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India; 3Department of M...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Pandita A, Sharma D, Pandita D, Pawar S, Tariq M, Kaul A
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2016
Materias:	overweight ;obesity prevention ;assessment Body Mass Index nutrition assessment treatment Specialties of internal medicine RC581-951
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/c0e29f71e1e941879fb58a3a5f069818
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:c0e29f71e1e941879fb58a3a5f069818
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c0e29f71e1e941879fb58a3a5f0698182021-12-02T05:25:20ZChildhood obesity: prevention is better than cure1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/c0e29f71e1e941879fb58a3a5f0698182016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/childhood-obesity-prevention-is-better-than-cure-peer-reviewed-article-DMSOhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Aakash Pandita,1 Deepak Sharma,2 Dharti Pandita,3 Smita Pawar,4 Mir Tariq,5 Avinash Kaul6 1Department of Pediatrics, SMGS Hospital Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India; 2Department of Pediatrics, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India; 3Department of Microbiology Jammu University, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India; 4Department of OBG Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad,Telangana, India; 5Department of Orthopedics, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India; 6Department of Surgery, Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Abstract: Obesity and its associated comorbidities have emerged as a major health problem garnering interests from both public health agencies and mainstream media consumers. With increasing awareness on its impact on health, finances, and community at large, it has come to the forefront for scientific research and development of health plans. The need for better strategies and novel interventions to manage obesity is now being recognized by the entire health care system. Obesity and overweight is now the fifth leading global risk factor for mortality. Strategic investment is thus urgently needed to implement population-based childhood obesity prevention programmes which are effective and also culturally appropriate. Population-based prevention is crucial to stem this rising tide of childhood obesity which is fast reaching epidemic proportions. Obesity has its onset very early in life; therefore, children constitute a major group of this disease. It is thus imperative to lay utmost importance on prevention of obesity in children and herald its progress, if present already. Furthermore, treatment is still in preliminary stage, so early prevention holds better than treatment at later stages. This article is an attempt to lay emphasis on childhood obesity as a problem that needs to be recognized early and measures for its prevention. Keywords: overweight, obesity, prevention, assessment, body mass index, nutrition assessment, treatmentPandita ASharma DPandita DPawar STariq MKaul ADove Medical Pressarticleoverweight ;obesityprevention ;assessmentBody Mass Indexnutrition assessmenttreatmentSpecialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol 2016, Iss Issue 1, Pp 83-89 (2016)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	overweight ;obesity prevention ;assessment Body Mass Index nutrition assessment treatment Specialties of internal medicine RC581-951
spellingShingle	overweight ;obesity prevention ;assessment Body Mass Index nutrition assessment treatment Specialties of internal medicine RC581-951 Pandita A Sharma D Pandita D Pawar S Tariq M Kaul A Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
description	Aakash Pandita,1 Deepak Sharma,2 Dharti Pandita,3 Smita Pawar,4 Mir Tariq,5 Avinash Kaul6 1Department of Pediatrics, SMGS Hospital Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India; 2Department of Pediatrics, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India; 3Department of Microbiology Jammu University, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India; 4Department of OBG Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad,Telangana, India; 5Department of Orthopedics, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India; 6Department of Surgery, Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Abstract: Obesity and its associated comorbidities have emerged as a major health problem garnering interests from both public health agencies and mainstream media consumers. With increasing awareness on its impact on health, finances, and community at large, it has come to the forefront for scientific research and development of health plans. The need for better strategies and novel interventions to manage obesity is now being recognized by the entire health care system. Obesity and overweight is now the fifth leading global risk factor for mortality. Strategic investment is thus urgently needed to implement population-based childhood obesity prevention programmes which are effective and also culturally appropriate. Population-based prevention is crucial to stem this rising tide of childhood obesity which is fast reaching epidemic proportions. Obesity has its onset very early in life; therefore, children constitute a major group of this disease. It is thus imperative to lay utmost importance on prevention of obesity in children and herald its progress, if present already. Furthermore, treatment is still in preliminary stage, so early prevention holds better than treatment at later stages. This article is an attempt to lay emphasis on childhood obesity as a problem that needs to be recognized early and measures for its prevention. Keywords: overweight, obesity, prevention, assessment, body mass index, nutrition assessment, treatment
format	article
author	Pandita A Sharma D Pandita D Pawar S Tariq M Kaul A
author_facet	Pandita A Sharma D Pandita D Pawar S Tariq M Kaul A
author_sort	Pandita A
title	Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
title_short	Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
title_full	Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
title_fullStr	Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
title_full_unstemmed	Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
title_sort	childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/c0e29f71e1e941879fb58a3a5f069818
work_keys_str_mv	AT panditaa childhoodobesitypreventionisbetterthancure AT sharmad childhoodobesitypreventionisbetterthancure AT panditad childhoodobesitypreventionisbetterthancure AT pawars childhoodobesitypreventionisbetterthancure AT tariqm childhoodobesitypreventionisbetterthancure AT kaula childhoodobesitypreventionisbetterthancure
_version_	1718400439035101184

Childhood obesity: prevention is better than cure

Ejemplares similares