ESPE Abstracts

Introduction:The incidence of obesity increases unstoppably in all populations and at all ages, and with it, the associated metabolic morbidity and mortality. The promotion of physical activity and a healthy diet are the fundamental elements to alleviate this situation. The objective of this study is to determine the relationship of physical activity and eating patterns with body composition, the degree of adiposity and certain metabolic risk factors.<p cl...

Background: Recent studies show negative impact of the use of television while having food on the eating patterns.Objective and hypotheses: Our goal is to use cluster analysis to evaluate this influence in children.Method: In 895 Spanish children and adolescents (47% male and 53% female), from 3 to 18 years of age (10.25±2.67 years), a validated food frequency and food consumption habits questionnaire (CFCA) is performed. Thre...

Background: Emerging data suggest that ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring for 24 h may be efficient in the diagnosis of hypertension in adults, children and adolescents. Additionally, in adults, it may predict the existence of some early BP abnormalities related to cardiovascular risk: (a) elevated BP load (>25%) and (b) non-dipping (BP decrease in night-time <10%).Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the presence of early BP abnormalitie...

Background: Hypothalamic obesity (HyOb) is a disease characterized by weight gain resistant to lifestyle changes and dietary restriction. The main clinical findings are hyperfagia and decline of satiety, high levels of insulin and an increase of adipogenesis. The major problem for these patients is that conventional treatments, either medical or surgical are not succesful and have variable results.Objective and hypotheses: We aim to describe the natural ...

Introduction: The highest prevalence of children and adolescents with obesity in Europe is observed in the south countries. This epidemic is related to unhealthy eating patterns, decreased physical activity and increased inactivity.Objective: To determine the relationship between adiposity degree and physical activity and inactivity in children and adolescents.Methods: 338 children from 6 to 8 years of age (x=11.11 years);...

Introduction: Obesity is the most common nutritional disorder in the paediatric age. Decreased physical activity and increased inactivity are important factors that are involved in this pandemic. The highest prevalence of obesity in Europe is in the South.Objective: To study the relationship between the practice of a regulated sport and lipid profile in overweight children and adolescents.Material and methods: 318 overweight childr...

Introduction: Improvements in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have increased survival, with the consequent concern about the long-term effects that childhood chemotherapy may have on ovarian function. AMH constitutes an indirect, reliable biomarker of the ovarian reserve, useful for the assessment of cancer therapy-related ovarian damage.Aim: To evaluate small ovarian f...

Introduction and aim: Parental health is associated with children’s health and lifestyles. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess lifestyle behaviours of children from parents with insulin resistance (IR) and at risk of type 2 diabetes.Methods: 2117 European parents from six countries included in the Feel4Diabetes-study measured in 2015 and identified as being at risk for diabetes with the FINDRISC questio...

Background: SHOX encodes a transcription factor implicated in skeletal development. Approximately 70% and ~2.5% of Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD) and idiopathic short stature (ISS) patients, respectively, have a defect in SHOX or its regulatory regions.Objective and hypotheses: i) To perform SHOX mutation screening in a cohort of 585 patients referred with a clinical suspicion of LWD or ISS. ii) To determine which is the <e...

Introduction: Although there are several studies on the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH), there are few data showing incidence and evolution of CH detected by the second newborn screening (NBS).Objectives: To assess the incidence of CH in Lombardia region and the percentage of patients identified by the 2ndNBS. To describe the clinical features and evolution of CH patients detected by the 2nd</...