小児の肥満とメタボリックシンドローム

It is important that efforts for prevention of lifestyle-related diseases are started duringchildhood. The basis for habits related to diet and exercise is formed during infancy and childhood.Prevention and treatment of obesity during childhood can be viewed as playing a significant rolewhen efforts for prevention of lifestyle-related diseases are started during childhood. This paperwill deal with the efforts for prevention of lifestyle-related diseases started during childhood, recenttrends of increase in the prevalence of child obesity, criteria for assessment of obesity in children,criteria for diagnosis of pathologic obesity in children, metabolic syndrome in children, andpsychosocial issues related to child obesity.