hrp0092p1-15 | Bone, Growth Plate and Mineral Metabolism | ESPE2019

The Overweight and Obesity Decrease the Growth Potential in Mexican Children and Adolescents

Miranda-Lora América Liliana , Espinosa-Espíndola Montserrat , López-González Desireé , Loyo Mariana-Sánchez-Curiel , Dies Pilar , Klünder-Klünder Miguel

Background: The bone age (BA) assess the skeletal maturity and determine the children linear growth. Mexican children have a slightly delay in skeletal maturity before 10 years, but they reach in mean a BA 1 year in advance at the end of the puberty. On the other hand, Mexico has a high prevalence of childhood obesity and the adiposity has been associated with the BA advance in other populations. For the above, the overweight and obesity could be impact in the...