DMA® Classification Of Childhood Obesity

It is known that pediatric obesity and overweight can have different etiology: from wrong eating habits related to the culture, or the unavailability of certain foods, prejudices, or wrong beliefs, to metabolic diseases, to hormonal dysfunctions. 

The emotional experience also plays a key role in establishing harmful eating behaviors. Finally, systemic diseases that involve antibiotics or other drugs affecting digestion can alter the intestinal microbiota to the point of causing malabsorption, chronic diarrhea, or resistant constipation. All these states are meticulously investigable by DMA® .

The subdivision into clusters allows health professionals (nutritionists, psychologists, doctors, physiotherapists, etc.) to establish the best behavioral, nutritional, therapeutic correction and implement monitoring to prevent future obesity and/or related diseases. 

The Metabolism parameters obtained with DMA®  constitute crucial additional data on the degree of improvement or worsening of the subject’s metabolic state.