Abstract
The study objective is the correlation of thyroid function to the weight status in a study group made up of schoolchildren in Galati County. Six of ten overweight children before puberty will became obese during adulthood. PREDATORR study published in May 2014, placed our country in the top among overweight and obesity European incidence, showing a 34.7% prevalence of overweight and 31.9% obesity in subjects in the age group 20-79 years. Unfortunately the study did not offer epidemiological data regarding children population. The data obtained allow the characterization of the thyroid function in relation to weight status in school age children, in a county both in urban and rural area, taking in account that there are fewer studies in rural in this moment. It brings further information on thyroid function and pathology in pediatric obesity in relation to metabolic comorbidities. We identified an increased fT3 and TSH in obese children, sustaining the association between dyslipidemia, thyroid function, anxiety and depression, as long as the data obtained adult are still controversial.
Highlights
The study objective is the correlation of thyroid function to the weight status in a study group made up of schoolchildren in Galati County
The childhood obesity prevalence is growing rapidly in Romania, PREDATORR study published in May 2014, the largest population-based study on overweight, and metabolic comorbidities in diabetic nephropathy in Romania, places our country in the top among overweight and obesity European ranks, showing a 34.7% prevalence of overweight and 31.9% obesity in subjects in the age group 20-79 years
Excessive food intake doubled by a poor quality food, translated into a high content of fats and sugars are associated with an increased incidence prevalence of anxiety disorders in adults, and in children [9]
Summary
After the signing of the Inform Assent from the child and Informed Consent from the parents, demographic data, disease history (for parents and child) including obesity incidence in the family history, lifestyle, dietary habits, physical activity level, socio-economic condition and the age when the increase of weight was observed were collected for each subject. After the evaluation of the fT3 levels were significantly higher in active group than the control group (p=0.002), the concentrations of fT4 compared amongst the two groups (p=0.807) showed no statistically significant difference - Table 2.
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