Integral health index

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to research basic clinical and hormonal, metabolic and psychological disturbances in children with obesity in various periods of the year. To estimate the effectiveness of occupational therapy and identify the features of different systems of the body depending on the periods of the year on the basis of the calculation value of the integral indicator of health for children with obesity. The survey included 298 children (200 with obesity and 98 healthy children, month-to-month differences in the lipid and hormonal status of healthy children in the Siberian region were established and clinical and laboratory characteristics of childhood obesity within a year were described. From December to July, in contrast to other months of the year, violations of psychoemotional status and decline in physical performance, improving lipid profile and proinflammatory cytokines were identified. Differentiated approach to the treatment of children with obesity, taking into account the monthly features of the main indicators of clinical, hormonal, metabolic and psychological status of these patients was substantiated.