hrp0089p3-p135 | Fat, Metabolism and Obesity P3 | ESPE2018

Cut-off for the Follow-up of Obese Children: Cynicism or Realism?

Gallo Francesco , De Quarto Giuditta , Lonero Antonella , Moramarco Fulvio

The majority of treated obese children fail the goals set in the medium-long term or do not show themselves up at the short term follow up. These results, which do not improve even with the proliferation of facilities aimed to the treatment of obesity and of its complications, pose serious questions on how to make the best use of scarce resources available by the National health system. We have visited, between 2013 and 2015, 378 seriously obese children (>2 DS from nation...