The Department of Endocrinology, 
Screening for syndromic causes of obesity.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital & BRIDE, Karnal, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore (TN) -632004, India, and Non Communicable Disease Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 72 · Issue 10 · pp. 2119-2120
PMID 36661013DOI 10.47391/jpma.22-103
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Saurabh Arora, Nitin Kapoor. Screening for syndromic causes of obesity. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2022;72(10):2119-2120. doi:10.47391/jpma.22-103
Abstract
Syndromic obesity is sometimes encountered in clinical practice, but may often be misdiagnosed. This is more often seen in the south Asian region due to higher rates of consanguinity. This article simplifies the clinical features which should prompt a high index of clinical suspicion, and ensure a detailed assessment for syndromic obesity including a genetic test. This manuscript lists various aspects of history and physical examination in an alliterative manner.
Keywords
- Childhood obesity
- Dysmorphic obesity
- Endocrine obesity
- Obesity
- Overweight
- Paediatric obesity
- Syndromic obesity.
