EVALUATION of medical careCHILDHOOD obesityPUBLIC healthMEDICAL protocolsUNITED States. Food & Drug AdministrationAMERICAN Academy of PediatricsWEIGHT lossBODY mass indexThis Viewpoint discusses the American Academy of Pediatrics Obesity Guidelines.Skolnik, Neil...
Dr. Sandra Hassink was the other doctor who wrote the report. She works for the American Academy of Pediatrics and is the medical director for the Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight. Hassink said the report offers pediatricians a different way to think about obesity. In the past, she sai...
根据第一段“A new recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics (儿科) says doctors should treat childhood obesity actively.(美国儿科学会的一项新建议称,医生应该积极治疗儿童肥胖)”结合文章主要说明了随着生活水平的提高,肥胖儿童越来越多见。近日,美国儿科学会发布了新的儿童和青少年肥胖症评估和治疗...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines recommending drastic medical solutions tochildhood obesityand the internet was not impressed. The guideline for "Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity" discussed treating obesity with a variety ...
根据第一段中“Regarding the increasing rate of childhood obesity in the U.S., the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that doctors put obese kids as young as two on intensive, family-based lifestyle and behavior plans.(针对美国儿童肥胖率的上升,美国儿科学会(AAP)建议医生让肥胖儿童...
TherateofchildhoodobesityintheU.S.hastripledoverthepast50years.TheAmericanAcademyofPediatrics(AAP)madewavesthisyearbyrecommendingthatdoctorsputobesekidsasyoungastwoyearsoldonintensive,family-orientedlifestyleandbehaviorplans.Italsosuggestedprescribingweight-lossdrugstochildren12andolderandsurgerytoteens13andolder.Thi...
Children should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity.
Last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggested that middle and high schools should start no earlier than 8:30 in the morning to ensure that kids in this age group get adequate sleep. Now, in a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)...
New guidelines published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) seek to reverse that trend by placing greater emphasis on theprevention of childhood obesity, not just the treatment. The new AAP guidelines -- which replaces a set of guidelines first issued in 2003 -- urge pediatricia...
In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online Jan. 9 inPediatrics, key action statements and consensus recommendations are presented for the evaluation and treatment of children with overweight and obesity. ...