Tymchuk E. Clinical diagnostic criteria of overweight and obesity in young children

The thesis is devoted to the peculiarities of diagnosis and excessive weight gain and obesity in young children. Correlation of anthropometric parameters and leptin levels in obesity and excessive weight in infants. The role of risk factors for obesity and excessive weight gain in infants. The relation between blood lipid levels with parameters of physical development and nature of feeding in infants of obese and overweight. With obesity in young children there are changes of lipid metabolism by increasing all atherogenic markers. Found that children with overweight there is a decrease in high density lipoproteins, increased low-density lipoprotein and atherogenic factor. The level of serum leptin in infants. The highest levels of leptin are obese children who are artificially fed. Children with overweight leptin levels increased in 1.5-2 times the reference value and was highest among children who were on artificial and mixed feeding. Determining the level of leptin may be diagnostic marker of obesity in young children. A mathematical calculations leptin level in terms of lipid metabolism. The results of the researches and the scheme of the algorithm of diagnostic measures to detect obesity in young children.