Obesidad en niños y adolescentes de 0 a 15 años de edad atendidos en el Hospital UTPL en el periodo 2010-2019

Abstract

Abstract: The research consisted of knowing the number of careswith diagnosis of obesity in children and adolescents aged 0 to 15 years treated in the UTPL hospital in the period 2010-2019, in addition to the initial approach, pathologies and comprehensive management performed.We found 159 cases diagnosed of obesityin this study group, where 49.7% came for control of the healthy child, there was a predominance of 100% mixed race, and male with 69.2% against 30.8% of the female sex.A higher prevalence was observed between 7 to 11 years, reaching its maximum peak of 15.1% at 11 years.In terms of management, 42.8% of the population were tested for obesity, where none had a blood pressure measurement; 16.4% had an abdominal perimeter above the 90th percentile. 5% had total hypercholesterolemia and 8.2% low HDL values, associated with hypertriglyceridemia in 1.9%. It was shown that 1.3% had hypoglycemia, and 5% had high TSH values. It was evidenced that the pathology most associated with obesity was hypothyroidism with 3.14%.