Dr. Gupta Lovelesh, Dr. Acharya Shrinidhi Kumar
Vol. 8, Jul-Dec 2019
Abstract:
In the modern era of mechanical life, Childhood obesity accounts for major public health crisis throughout the world, as evidenced by its increased prevalence over few years. Imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilised due to various avoidable and unavoidable reasons are the major cause of same. Interrelation ship between genetic, behavioural, and environmental causes further worsens the situation. Physical, psychological, and social health problems along with decreased exercise tolerance are definite in childhood obesity. Hence, effective dietary, lifestyle and intervention strategies should bedone toprevent the same and the urgent need of the hour. Hence addressing this major problem this studyis focused on effective dietary and lifestyle management in Sthaulya(childhood obesity).15Patients of childhood obesity for present study were selected from OPD and IPD of PG Department of Bal Roga, NIA, Jaipur after screening them for the same by following different diagnostic criteria’s.Promising, significantresult was found in clinical, anthropometric and biochemical improvement profile, which concludes that patients treated with caloric diet as per age along with dietetic and life style modification is beneficial in treating childhood obesity, and thus highlighting importance of caloric diet, exercise.