Evaluation of lifestyle of obese adolescents and their parents as well as their expectations associated with endocrine consultation

The aim of the study was to characterize adolescents who are admitted for an endocrine consultation due to obesity and to evaluate their and their parents expectations associated with the visit. Material and methods. Randomly selected adolescents referred to Pediatric Endocrine Outpatient Clinic between 2015 and 2016 with initial diagnosis of "obesity" (E66) were assigned to the study. Both -the parent and the adolescent, after signing ICFs, were asked to complete a questionnaire prepared by the investigators for this study. Results. The study involved 102 obese adolescents (14.4 2.1 years, BMI 32.9 5.4 kg/m 2 , SDS BMI 4.0 1.6). Parents most often did not know what caused excessive weightgain in their children (48.0%) or they mentioned excess food intake as the cause of obesity (37.3%). In turn, adolescents, especially boys, answered that the cause of their obesity was an inadequate diet (46.1%). It was only in the second order that they answered "I do not know" (35.3%).From the specialist, parents expected recommendations that would enable weight reduction (70.6%), and/or confirmation of secondary obesity (53.9%). 35 obese teenagers (34.3%) had previous diet consultations. There were no positive changes in the frequency of consumption of fruits and vegetables, sweetened beverages and sweets in the Sowa kluczowe otyo, dzieci