[Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of obesity. Update 2024].

This document updates the "Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of obesity" issued by the Nutrition Committee of the Argentine Pediatric Society, published in Archivos Argentinos de Pediatría in 2011. Obesity has a multifactorial etiology. It is recommended to diagnose it taking into account anthropometry, personal and family history, and clinical data that indicate complications (sleep apnea, elevated alanine transaminase and/or glycemia, and other components of the metabolic syndrome).

Impaired Reverse Cholesterol Transport is Associated with Changes in Fatty Acid Profile in Children and Adolescents with Abdominal Obesity.

Background: Abdominal obesity is an important cardiovascular disease risk factor. Plasma fatty acids display a complex network of both pro and antiatherogenic effects. High density lipoproteins (HDL) carry out the antiatherogenic pathway called reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), which involves cellular cholesterol efflux (CCE), and lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) and cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activities.

Vascular inflammation and impaired reverse cholesterol transport and lipid metabolism in obese children and adolescents.

Background And Aims: Childhood obesity is associated to complications such as insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. High density lipoproteins (HDL) constitute the only lipoprotein fraction with ateroprotective properties. The aim of the present study was to analyze inflammatory markers, carbohydrate metabolism, lipid profile and HDL functionality in obese children and adolescents compared to healthy controls.

[Epidemiology of acute pancreatitis in Chile between 2013 and 2018].

Background: The worldwide incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) is increasing.

Aim: To determine the national incidence of AP between 2013 and 2018.

Material And Methods: Analysis of hospital discharge records available at the web page of the Statistical and Information Service of the Chilean Ministry of Health.

[Consensus about Health constance for children and adolescents in order to develop phisical activities and sports. Update 2021].

This document is the update of the Consensus published by SAP in 2014, so that no child nor adolescent is excluded from their right to health and physical activity. The periodic medical control and the school physical education are fundamental tools. As a result, of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, sports practice decreased dramatically.