Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of pediatric obesity: consensus position statement of the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology and the Italian Society of Pediatrics

The Italian Consensus Position Statement on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents integrates and updates the previous guidelines to deliver an evidence based approach to the disease. The following areas were reviewed: (1) obesity definition and causes of secondary obesity; (2) physical and psychosocial comorbidities; (3) treatment and care settings; (4) prevention. The main novelties deriving from the Italian experience lie in the definition, screening of the cardiometabolic and hepatic risk factors and the endorsement of a staged approach to treatment. The evidence based efficacy of behavioral intervention versus pharmacological or surgical treatments is reported. Lastly, the prevention by promoting healthful diet, physical activity, sleep pattern, and environment is strongly recommended since the intrauterine phase

Proceedings on the IJCAI Workshop on Object-Based Representation Systems

In this paper, we deal with the similarities between object database models and concept languages, establishing a correspondence between the two environments. Object Database Models deal with two kinds of data: individual objects, which have an identity, and values, which can be basic values or can have complex structures containing both basic values and objects. Concept Languages only deal with individual objects. The correspondence points out the dioeerent role played by objects and values in both approaches and deønes a way of properly mapping database descriptions into concept language descriptions at both a terminological and assertional level. This correspondence can serve as a valuable step towards comparative evaluation of distinct object database models. Once the mapping is achieved, object databases can take advantage of both the algorithms and the results concerning their complexity developed in concept languages. 1 Introduction Concept Languages 2 [13, 20, 22] are develo..