Metabolic indicators of obesity seen well before child becomes overweight: study

It suggests all children need to be evaluated by blood metabolic biomarkers too

:A recent paper by researchers from St John’s Medical College and Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research has found that, in India, metabolic indicators of obesity (abnormal blood sugar or blood lipids) are seen well before the child becomes obviously overweight by anthropometry. The paper published in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition in April suggests that all children need to be evaluated by blood metabolic biomarkers, in addition to the standard anthropometry (height and weight) markers. While the biggest problem in India is perceived to be undernutrition, where children have weight and height well below the World Health Organization reference for their age (undersize), a worry has begun to surface that there is also an increase in overweight children.