Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Premature newborns are defined as babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy and after 22 weeks of pregnancy as a viability limit. This study aimed to analyse growth characteristics at the age of second and third age and the prevention of metabolic diseases that may occur in adult age at an early phase.

Methods: This study was conducted as a retrospective cohort study between May 2021 and October 2021 in 18 different Outpatient Clinics in Patna, Bihar. All participants were at least 3 years old and their follow-up visits were made by the same family physicians for 3 years.

Results: The findings showed that 55% of the babies were males and 46% of them were females i.e., 123 participants were males and 102 participants were females. The evaluation of the body mass index showed that 19.8% were overweight (43 babies), 16% of the participants were obese (36 babies) at the age of 2. 20% of the participants were overweight (45 babies), 13.33% of the participants were obese (30 babies) at the age of three. Mean Hb levels of the mothers showed that those mothers whose children were obese at the age of two were statistically low as compared to those who were not obese’.

Conclusion: The worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight was 6.70% in the year 2010. In 2020, it was expected to reach 9.10%. When reasons for high obesity and overweight were searched, not much significant difference had been seen between feeding patterns and maternal factors. A significant relationship was however seen between maternal anaemia and obesity or overweight.