Obesity: a risk factor or consequence of allergies in children?

Abstract

Purpose of the article it consists of studying the incidence of allergic diseases in children with constitutional exogenous obesity living in the Astrakhan region. Materials and methods. During the study, allergy history data was copied from 167 children: 134 patients with constitutional exogenous obesity (median age 13 [3.9; 17] years) and 33 patients from the control group (median 14 [1.5; 17] years) from “Child Development Stories” (f.112/u) and “Dispensary Observation Control Cards” (f.030/u). Results. Using these methods, significant differences were identified (χ 2 = 8.151; p = 0.005); When comparing a group of children with constitutional exogenous obesity and a control group, it was revealed that in obese children, food allergies are registered more than three times more often (67.4 %) than in children without obesity (23.0 %). Conclusion. Our study showed that obese children are more likely to develop multivalent (food and / or drug) allergies, which are registered three times more often than in children with normal body weight.