Childhood Obesity Dilemma For Aussie Children’s Hospitals

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Obesity in children has become such a massive problem in Australia that the countries leading children’s hospital The Sydney Children’s Hospital has been forced to put in place drug dosing guidelines specifically to deal with the massive influx of overweight children it is now seeing through it’s doors.

Australia’s obesity rate continue to rise at an alarming rate and hospital staff have been finding it hard to work safely with an dramatic increase in obese children many who weigh as much as many adults.

In addition this popular childrens hospital has also introduced a ground breaking program for dealing with the ever increasing obesity problem amongst Australia’s youngest people.

The hospitals trainee doctors are for the first time in it’s 44 year history being given specific instruction on how to deal with obesity complications in it’s young patients.

This is the second hospital in Australia within the past two months to take see the need for radical action in the fight against obesity in Australian children.With the Westmead Hospital (near Sydney) becoming the first hospital anywhere in the world to appoint a dedicated doctor for the treatment of obese and overweight children.

A hospital spokesperson said that these measures has become needed
because doctors were seeing health problems in children which until now had only been associated with adults in their 40’s.

Worryingly doctors genuinely believe that this generation of children may not out live their parents unless something is done about childhood obesity and fast.

Drugs which are usually administered on a milligram per kilogram basis to adults, cannot be given to children this way as children metabolise drugs differently.

The problem is that obese children also have higher body fat levels which affect how much of a drug is dispersed throughout the body and giving a child a dose based solely on weight can sometimes lead to them receiving more than an adult would.

Which can lead to a serious risk of an overdose I am sure this problem is worldwide one so if any one is concerned about giving their child medication I suggest they consult their medical practitioner.