A ten-year review of childhood obesity in a teaching hospital, South West Nigeria

• Published in: Nigerian journal of clinical practice Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 841 - 846
• Main Authors: Oluwayemi, I, Oyedeji, O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.06.2021; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Body Mass Index; Child; Child, Preschool; Demographic aspects; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Female; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Infant; Male; Morbidity; Nigeria - epidemiology; Obesity in children; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Pediatric research; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Statistics; Nigeria; South-West Nigeria; childhood; Adolescents; morbidity; obesity

Background: Obesity is an important cosmopolitan cause of morbidity in children and adolescence age groups. Information on obesity in this age group in Nigeria is scant. Aim: To determine the prevalence of obesity and the associated morbidities seen at the Paediatric Endocrinology clinic of Ekiti St...