Obesity in children and adolescents, causes

The steady increase in the spread of obesity in the world is regarded WHO as a global epidemic, because it has now covered more than 30% of the world"s population and continues to increase increases (the increase in different countries is from 1-3 to 5-7% per year) At the same time, in 90% of all cases, the beginning of obesity falls on the children"s age of patients. Unfortunately, the last monograph in Russian devoted to the whole range of issues of obesity in children was published in the mid-80s. And therefore, in the environment of researchers and practicing doctors there are no unity and logic in the approach to the definition of its forms and types, early diagnosis and forecast of complications, and most importantly, in justifying the unified treatment system, in particular diet and therapy.
To overcome this negative trend and a given book is designed, which is designed for a wide range of practitioners (pediatricians, endocrinologists, nutritionists), interns, ordinarians, medical institutes and school students, pre-school workers, as well as parents and parents and Students of high schools having one or another excess mass of the body or in the risk group