ESPE Abstracts

Background: Weight disturbances in children are an important problem, both underweight and obesity having important health consequences. There is an ongoing debate about their cause, the risk factors involved and the need for public health policies focused on their prevention.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of weight disturbances in a cohort of school-aged children and to analyse some factors considered to p...

Background: The average age of onset of puberty development has lowered in last decades due to multiple confounding factors. No recent populational studies are available in our country regarding pubertal development.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of our study was to identify the timing of pubertal characteristics in our region in children of school age. Our hypothesis was that the age of pubertal onset has diminished.Method: Typ...