Bone Abstracts

Child and adolescent obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. The impact of excess fat on musculoskeletal health is of significant concern. Abnormal mechanical loading of the lower limbs in obese children may lead to anatomic alterations and an increased prevalence of slipped capital femoral epiphysis and tibia vara. Obese children are also over-represented in fracture groups and excess fat may result in low bone mass relative to body size, although this effect may ...

Biographical DetailsDr P Dimitri studied Medicine at the University of St Andrew’s in Scotland and the University of Manchester where he received a medal in pathology and a distinction in Paediatrics. In 2010 he was awarded a PhD in Medicine and the Michael Blacow Award from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for his work on the relationship of fat and bone in children...