Obesity

Stages in Childhood

1) Obesity can be divided into 4 stages:

First Stage: The individual’s weight is 15-30% more than the ideal weight.

Second Stage: The weight of the individual is 30%-50% more than the desired

Third stage: The individual's weight increases to 50%-100% more than what is preferred

Fourth Stage: The weight doubles or is more than that of the ideal weight

2) Problems at every stage:

• FIRST STAGE: People don’t seem to be concern about their health.

• SECOND STAGE: They should start a new lifestyle to avoid future problems.

• THIRD STAGE: Excessive pressure in their spine, bones and junctions and mobility problems, sometimes including pain.

• FOURTH STAGE: Weakness, depression, drowsiness, loss of strength, nervousness, irritability, lasting hunger, shortness of breath, pain in joints…

3) How to find out the percentile:

There are several ways but the most common are:a) Formulasb) Percentile charts

a) FORMULAS

• The APLS Formula: Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) based on a quick examination of their appearance, breathing, and circulation.

• The Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape: The Broselow Tape relates a child’s height as measured by the tape to his/her weight.

b) CHARTS

Charts like this one are very useful as standard models. This is only for boys, there are others for girls.

How to read the percentile chart

The curved lines show weight percentiles.

The bottom of the chart shows ages, from 2-20 years.

The left and right sides of the

chart show weights.

• For example, a boy 90 pounds (41 kg) and 12 years old is very near the 50% percentile.

SOURCES

http://EzineArticles.com/2400004

http://www.chartsgraphsdiagrams.com/HealthCharts/bmi-percentiles-girls.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

http://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2010/07/19/emj.2009.087288.abstract

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/12/9

http://neoreviews.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/123/6/e1045.full

BMI-for-age

BMI for age percentiles for boys 2 to 20 years of age.

BMI is used differently for children. It is calculated the same way as for adults, but then compared to typical values for other children of the same age. Instead of set thresholds for underweight and overweight, then, the BMI percentile allows comparison with children of the same sex and age.[11] A BMI that is less than the 5th percentile is considered underweight and above the 95th percentile is considered obese for people 20 and under. People under 20 with a BMI between the 85th and 95th percentile are considered to be overweight.

Recent studies in Britain have indicated that females between the ages 12 and 16 have a higher BMI than males of the same age by 1.0 kg/m2 on average.[12]