Height and Growth Velocity in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Obesity Treatment : A Prospective Cohort Study

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society..

CONTEXT: Pediatric obesity affects endocrine conditions, which may alter growth.

OBJECTIVE: This work aimed to investigate the effect of obesity severity and obesity treatment outcome on growth.

METHODS: This prospective cohort study included children (aged 3-18 years) enrolled in the Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register (BORIS) (1998-2020). Obesity was categorized as class I and class II obesity. Obesity treatment outcome was measured as body mass index (BMI) z score changes and categorized into good (BMI z score reduction of ≥0.25), intermediate, and poor (increasing BMI z score). Height for age z score, final height, and growth velocity were compared between class I and class II obesity. Further, the effect of obesity treatment outcome on growth velocity during 2-year follow-up was assessed.

RESULTS: A total of 27 997 individuals (mean age 10.2 ± 3.6 years) were included. Individuals with class II obesity were on average taller than those with class I obesity during childhood. Among males, reduced growth spurt was observed in class I obesity, and even absent in class II obesity. Females exhibited a similar but less pronounced pattern. Good obesity treatment outcome yielded lower growth velocity at ages 3 to 9 years but higher growth velocity at ages 10 to 13 years compared to poor treatment outcome.

CONCLUSION: Obesity severity is positively associated with height and growth velocity in childhood. A hampered growth spurt during puberty should be anticipated, particularly in adolescents with severe obesity. Therefore no difference in final height between class I and class II obesity is expected. Successful obesity treatment does not harm, but rather normalizes, the growth velocity pattern.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

Enthalten in:

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 109(2023), 1 vom: 21. Dez., Seite e314-e320

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Putri, Resthie R [VerfasserIn]
Danielsson, Pernilla [VerfasserIn]
Marcus, Claude [VerfasserIn]
Hagman, Emilia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent obesity
Body height
Epidemiology
Growth
Growth chart
Journal Article
Pediatric obesity

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1210/clinem/dgad419

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359537863