Medical examinations for obesity and hyperlipidemia with a focus on pediatric metabolic syndrome, and abnormalities of plasma lipoprotein

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Medical examinations of childhood obesity and dyslipidemia have been conducted as a preventive measure against lifestyle-related diseases in school students in a region in Nara Prefecture. We comparatively evaluated an initial set of data obtained during 3 fiscal years from 1980 (subjects: 1,365 elementary and junior high school students; males and females) and a recent set of data obtained during 3 fiscal years from 2012 to 2014 (subjects: 995 students). There was no marked difference in the serum lipid level between the two groups of students. Gender- and grade-based analyses indicated that the prevalence of childhood obesity increased in male elementary school students. On the other hand, the prevalence of being thin also increased. In both male and female junior high school students, the prevalence of childhood obesity showed a decreasing trend, presumably reflecting their growing interest in personal appearance.