Pediatrician assessing overweight children in clinic, highlighting study-recommended early treatment to prevent adult risks like diabetes and hypertension.
Pediatrician assessing overweight children in clinic, highlighting study-recommended early treatment to prevent adult risks like diabetes and hypertension.
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Studie anbefaler behandling for alle barn med fedme

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En ny studie fra Karolinska Institutet viser at barn med moderat fedme har høyere risiko for å utvikle type 2-diabetes, høyt blodtrykk og lipidforstyrrelser i voksen alder, selv uten synlige risikomarkører. Forskerne anbefaler behandling for alle disse barna.

En studie fra Karolinska Institutet, publisert i Jama Pediatrics, fulgte 7200 barn fra kvalitetsregisteret Boris frem til 30-årsalderen. Gruppene besto av barn med fedme og risikomarkører som unormale blod- og leververdier eller høyt blodtrykk, barn med fedme uten slike markører, samt en kontrollgruppe fra befolkningen. Ved 30-årsalder hadde 17 prosent i den første gruppen utviklet type 2-diabetes, sammenlignet med 9 prosent i gruppen uten markører og 0,5 prosent i kontrollgruppen. Lignende mønstre ble observert for høyt blodtrykk og forhøyede lipidverdier. Claude Marcus, professor ved Karolinska Institutet, uttaler: «Våre resultater tyder på at alle barn med fedme trenger behandling, selv om de fremstår som helt friske ved undersøkelse.» Tidligere var oppfatningen at barn med normale verdier sannsynligvis ikke trengte behandling. I en debattartikkel i Dagens Nyheter påpeker tre barneleger at nesten ett av ti barn med moderat fedme uten metabolske effekter utvikler type 2-diabetes før fylte 30 år. De kritiserer ulik regional behandling og TLVs manglende subsidiering av medisiner, til tross for nasjonale retningslinjer. Tidlig vektreduksjon reduserte risikoen med 80 prosent for dem som lyktes.

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