We first told you yesterday about new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics for kids and obesity. Now local doctors are weighing in, and we’re...
In January, the American Academy of Pediatrics issuedguidelines that call for considering obesity drugsfor kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13. The recommendations were immediately controversial. Mental Health America, an advocacy group, called them"dangerous" and "disheartening,...
However, I, like so many of my colleagues and anyone aware of the access barriers to the recommended treatments, worry about the consequences that the new guidelines will have in the context of current and future health disparities. Arecent studypublished inPediatricsshowed that childhood obesity d...
In adults, it seems to be justified using drugs for long-term treatment of 'medically important' obesity. Strict guidelines concerning the treatment of obese adolescents with orlistat are needed. It is only hoped that double-blind placebo-controlled studies investigating the new and promising drugs ...
New strategies for primordial prevention of early childhood obesity require focusing attention on growth parameters during the first 2 y of life, with support for increasing the duration of breastfeeding, and improvements in dietary quality and availability, particularly the reduced consumption of added ...
INTRODUCTION: It is still a matter of debate as to how to define obesity in young people, although a growing consensus is to use body mass index (BMI) cutoffs to classify obesity in children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE: This article provides a brief overv
CHICAGO — Move more, sit less and get kids active as young as age 3, say new federal guidelines that stress that any amount and any type of exercise helps health. Article content The advice is the first update since the government’s physical activity guidelines came out a decade ago. Si...
Health information for stages of your child’s growth and development from newborns to teens, covering topics such as breastfeeding, bullying and obesity.
The new advice is important in part because, although childhood obesity rates have begun to drop, obesity rates in adolescents have not declined. Helping teens maintain healthy weights without veering toward obesity or an eating disorder is more challenging than it is for young children. "Adolescen...
"I think this announcement today is going to do more for childhood obesity than anything I can think of in recent years," Hill said. Hill was one of two experts who created the guidelines for Disney that made nutrition part of the company culture. ...