Zeitschrift für Adipositas- und Gewichtsverlusttherapie

Abstrakt

Obesity and Migraine

Agostinelli and Pasquale Parisi

The aim of this study is to determine a possible relationship between prevalence, frequency and severity of migraine, and obesity. All pertinent datafrom the literature have been critically examined and reviewed in order to assess the possible relationship between obesity and migraine, in particular migraine frequency and disability in children, as well as in adult population studies. Prevalence, frequency and severity of migraine seem to be related with the Body Mass Index, although this evidence is not supported by all the studies examined. Data from literature suggest that obesity can be linked with headache prevalence, frequency and disability both in adult subjects and, less frequently, in pediatric subjects. These data could have important clinical implications and suggest that clinicians should have a special interest for weight reduction of obese children suffering from migraine.