Objetive: To determine both anthropometric and biochemical characteristics and relationship in children with exogenous obesity. Material and methods: Fifty 6 to 18 year-old children and adolescents (25 male and 25 female) with body mass index (BMI) over 95 percentile according to Must et al classification were studied. Studies included triceps and subscapular skinfolds, waist circumference, serum total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG). Dyslipidemia was determined with TC 200 mg/dL and 100 mg/dL in children less than 10 year-old and TG 130 mg/dL for persons above 10 years of age. Children were divided in two groups according to 50 p values for BMI, TS and WC. Average and standard deviation were determined in each group, as well as Pearson correlation for both anthropometric and biochemical indicators. Results: A total of 32,6% and 55,6% of obese children and adolescents presented h...

Introduction: Overweight and obesity are nutritional disorders with features that affect increasingly larger numbers of people with complications risks. Objectives: To determine the presence of cardiovascular risk markers in female overweight and obese adolescents. Design: Descriptive, transversal study. Setting: State Educational Center in Metropolitan Lima. Participants: We studied 149 female adolescents (76 overweight and 73 obese). Interventions: The diagnosis of overweight and obesity followed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) criteria: overweight 85 to 95 percentile and obesity over 95. C-reactive protein (CRP), basal insulin and glucose were determined in serum. Using the latter two we determined HOMA’s index to identify insulin resistance (IR) by Matthew’s equation. PCR diagnostic levels were >3 mg/L, and for high relative risk (HRR) >27 uUI/mL for hyperinsulinaem...