[MORPHOFUNCTIONAL CONDITION OF THE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT IN CHILDREN WITH OBESITY].

The article is about the characteristics of the morphofunctional state of the upper gastrointestinal tract (UGIT) in children with obesity. Under supervision there were 130 children aged 10-16 years: study group--80 children with obesity (42 boys and 38 girls) (SDS BMI 2.0), the comparison group--50 children with normal body weight (32 boys and 18 girls) (SDS BMI from -0.99 to +0.99) with different disease UGIT. It is established that in children of the study group has a higher frequency of isolated motor-evacuation disorders (6.3% and 2.0%), and combinations inflammatory and functional disorders of UGIT (48.8% and 38.0%) compared with the comparison group. It is shown that functional changes UGIT in children with obesity are characterized by high frequency motor disorders, signs moderately expressed active chronic gastritis associated with H. pylori (58.3%), occurring against the background of minimal clinical symptoms, with a prevalence of focal nature of the inflammatory process on common.