Sociocultural differences in the development of obesity in adolescents in Murcia.

Background: Childhood obesity presents alarming numbers in our country, being even higher in the population of immigrant origin. The main objective was to analyse the excess weight numbers both in native adolescents and in those children of immigrants and to determine the ethnic influence on lifestyle habits that could condition these differences in weight overload.

Methods: Adolescents from 1st year of Obligatory Secondary Education (E.

Gender differences in the development of childhood obesity in young teenagers in Murcia, Spain.

Background: The number of overweight children is increasing at an alarming rate. This issue requires effective action plans, as childhood obesity has become a problem in which addressing environmental factors is decisive. Significant differences have also been shown in lifestyle habits that determine overweight based on sex.

Relationship between modifiable risk factors and overweight in adolescents aged 12-14 years.

Introduction: Spain is the European leader in overweight (O-W), partly to the social and environmental changes of the last decades. The objective of the work was to study the modifiable risk factors that lead to O-W.

Material And Methods: A self-designed questionnaire with factors related to childhood obesity was produced, and was administered to the parents of adolescents who were attending first year of high school in four centres in Health Area V in Murcia.

Usefulness of complementary test in the study of patients with chronic abdominal pain.

Introduction: Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) in children is a symptom that frequently leads to a visit to the paediatrician, which affects family life and occasionally requires the need to perform diagnostic studies (DS). The objective was to carry out a qualitative, quantitative, and economic analysis on the tests requested.

Material And Methods: An observational, prospective and multicentre study was conducted that included children between 4-15 years old affected by CAP.

Design and validation of a questionnaire to study healthy habits among adolescents aged 12-14 years.

Introduction: Social and cultural changes are altering young people's habits. Some surveys measure such behaviors, but are hard to interpret. The objective of this study was to design and validate a homogeneous questionnaire to study habits among adolescents aged 12-14 years.