A nine year old boy with double vision speech disturbance fatigue and strength loss of extremities Case of the Month

Abstract

Obesity is a disease caused by excess body fat deposition which can give rise to a series of physical and mental complications as well as to public economic problems Although it may be secondary to genetic endocrine or other diseases the most prevalent form is so called exogenous obesity which is attributed to the imbalance of energy intake and expenditure The management comprises life style changes such as nutritional planning and close follow up preventation on the other hand actions at sociopolitical level Medical and surgical therapy plays ignorable role in childhood obesity if any Turk Arch Ped 2009; 44: 115 9 Key words: Adolescent child obesity

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Çift görme konuşma bozukluğu halsizlik kol ve bacaklarda güçsüzlük yakınmalarıyla başvuran dokuz yaşında erkek hasta Ayın Olgusu

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