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

在奈良县的一个地区，对在校学生进行了儿童肥胖和血脂异常的医学检查，作为预防与生活方式有关的疾病的措施。我们比较评估了1980年以来三个财政年度的初始数据（对象：1365名小学和初中学生，男女）和2012年至2014年三个财政年度的最新数据（对象：995名学生）。两组学生的血脂水平无显著差异。基于性别和年级的分析表明，男孩小学生的儿童肥胖患病率增加。另一方面，瘦的流行也增加了。在男生和女生初中生中，儿童肥胖的患病率呈下降趋势，这可能反映了他们对个人外表的兴趣日益增加。

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.