title: Obesity and increasing rate of infantile Blount disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The incidence of infantile Blount disease is rising in parallel to the increasing obesity in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven children (3 female) between the ages of 17 and 30 months (21.8 ± 4.3 months) were included in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients had complaints of inward bowing of the legs and excess weight gain. The biochemical and hormonal assessments of all patients yielded normal results. Patients were diagnosed with infantile Blount disease based on clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This disease should be differentiated from physiological genu varum, and the potential psychosocial and physical complications are prevented with early diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: 1Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: Suna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hancılı
authors.forename: L İhsan
authors.initials: Lİ
authors.lastname: Kuru
mesh_terms: D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055034:Osteochondrosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D015430:Weight Gain
keywords: Blount disease; infancy; obesity