Assay of cuases of child abuse in overweight/obese children

Abstract

International integration of Ukraine requires intensification of medical and social work on child protection with special attention to vulnerable groups 1. The goal of our study was to identify the causes of child abuse among overweight / obese children based on the analysis of personal experience of children and their parents. The study was performed on the endocrinology and outpatient departments of the Odesa Regional Children's Clinical Hospital from 2011 to 2021. An anonymous survey of 948 children aged 6 to 18 years was conducted: 328 overweight children, 364 obese children, and 256 control children. Analysis of child abuse were identified by survey and anonymous questioning of children (948) and their parents (1286). Statistical processing of the received data was performed using programs Excel 2010, Statistika 10, Internet-calculator SISA.