Terapia nutricional deportiva y medicamentosa en adolescentes para alcanzar la estatura estandar y el peso ideal.

Abstract

Short stature and low weight in relation to the age of the adolescent, indicated as a health problem, is referred to pediatric endocrinology units, who define the “diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the endocrine system, such as diabetes and growth disorders. The glands of the endocrine system produce hormones, they are chemicals that regulate many important bodily functions ”. (1), the presence of the specialist, determines their analysis, monitoring and evaluation of causes of low height and weight, which determines family and social well-being. The analysis of this problem requires the application of therapies: nutritional, sports and drugs to achieve the standard height and ideal weight in adolescents. Height is related to genetics, which regulates height, morphology, the importance of the study, analysis is of nutrition, environment and medicine (2). The influence of the environment determines that the practice of different support therapies in the adolescent helps the development of height and weight, through physical exercises. OBJECTIVE: Establish sports and drug nutritional therapy, through analysis and comparison of various means that will allow adolescents to reach the standard height and ideal weight of adolescents. METHOD: It is a descriptive, bibliographic, documentary study, and information on pediatric books, scientific articles with databases such as PUB-MED, Scielo, issued in the last 5 years. CONCLUSIONS: The limited stature is the product of genetics, as well as poor nutrition. The application of diagnosed medical therapies is vital to develop height and weight, an important part of adolescent growth.