CHILDREN OBESITY AS AN ACTUAL PROBLEM OF THE MODERN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: THE RESULTS OF THE MONITORING INODESSAREGION

There was conducted the retrospective analysis of the incidence and prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in Odessa region. The disproportion between the rate of prevalence and incidence of obesity among children population of Odessa region (Q=14,8; df=2, р<0,05) is evident for the risk of the further rise of the morbidity rate and requires the development of a regional program for prevention of alimentary-related diseases among children and adolescents. The own research stated that the prevalence of overweighed schoolchildren is more than 10%.