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Today, I'm going to talk
about childhood obesity.
I'm Dr. Mars Skae, a consultant
pediatric endocrinologist based in
Manchester in the United Kingdom.
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As an overview, today's talk will
contain information regarding
childhood obesity, specifically
to its definitions, rates
and global trends, some of
the causes of childhood obesity,
the comorbidities associated
with childhood obesity,
and key determinants of obesity
in childhood, the stigmatization
and psychological issues
that revolve around
this particular area, obesity
particularly relating to the child
with disability, and some of
the data on long-term outlook
for children with obesity.
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Childhood obesity has some unique
aspects when compared to adults.
I'd like to point these
out in the next slide.
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Many factors interact to contribute
to the obesogenic environment,
and particularly
to a child's weight.
As in adults, genetic and hormonal
factors contribute to this.
However, what is unique to children
is parental or carer influence,
which can affect
not only their intake,
but also their
allowance for activity.
Children spend approximately
30 percent of their time
in the school environment.
Therefore, schools also play
a unique and important role
in the fight to tackle obesity.
Children don't cook for themselves.
Their meals are often catered
for or cooked for them,
and therefore their intake is
often completely controlled
by other individuals,
or the provision of monies
for purchasing this.
Play and activity also is
often supervised in children,
and therefore their access
to this, unlike in adults,
is completely dependent on
the decisions of other individuals.
And finally, factors in the local
community and amenities
provided for them
affect their outcomes,
and policies implemented by
regional and national governments.
