child healthy weight Flashcards
when talking to families, what word may be used instead of obese?
-outwith the healthy weight range
what is a healthy BMI?
18.5-25 kg/m2
what is an overweight BMI>
25-30kg/m2
what is an obese BMI?
> 30kg/m2
can BMI be used to measure obesity in children?
not really as it changes so much per age
-must plot it against age on centime chart
what is classed as clinically overweight as a child on the centile chart?
=/> 91th centile
what is classed as clinically obese on the centile chart for children?
=/>98th centile
what is best to measure adiposity from the age of 2?
BMI
what is best used to measure adiposity <2 years?
use BMI conversion chart to provide an approximate BMI centile
would you use waist circumference to measure obesity in children?
no
what is protective of being overweight?
breastfeeding for at least 4 months
How do babies with Prader-Willi syndrome present at birth?
- very floppy
- ability to suck weak or absent
- tube feeding common
how do children with Prader Will present at childhood?
- hyperphagia (food seeking and lack of satiety) and reduced energy requirements due to low muscle tone
- learning difficulties
- hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
- short stature
what are 2 genetic conditions linked to childhood obesity?
Prader-Willi syndrome
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
how do children with Bardet-Biedl syndrome present?
- visual impairments
- renal abnormalities
- polydactyly
- learning difficultie
- hypogonadism
- obesity
- hyperphagia
