Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children has increased the last decades and is now defined as a global epidemic disease by the World Health Organization. Also the incidence of type 1 diabetes has increased and there are some hypothesises that argue there is a connection between overweight/obesity and type 1 diabetes.
Aim: The general aim of this thesis was to study factors contributing to the development of overweight and obesity among children and to study possible relations to the development of diabetes.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Diabetes
Definition and diagnosis of diabetes
Classification of diabetes mellitus
Aetiology
Epidemiology
Living with T1D
The link between child overweight/obesity and the development of T1D
Overweight/ obesity
Definition of overweight/ obesity
Aetiology
Epidemiology
Living with overweight/ obesity
Modern Life style
AIM OF THE THESIS
METHOD
Participants
Samples
Procedure
Data collection
Analyses and statistics
Ethical considerations
ESULTS
SCUSSION
Main methodological issues
Main results
ONCLUSIONS
Clinical implications
CKNOWLEDEMENTS
REFERENCES
Author: Huus, Karina
Source: Linköping University
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