The CDC has also reported that, as the prevalence of obesity increased among children and adolescents, incidents of tooth decay also rose, which suggests a link between dental health and weight
Obese children need a thorough medical evaluation by a pediatrician or family physician to consider the possibility of a physical cause. In the absence of a physical disorder, the only way to lose weight is to reduce the number of calories being eaten and to increase the child's or adolescent...
Discusses concerns on the growing epidemic of childhood obesity in the U.S. Increase in the number of children and teenagers who are overweight; Threat of the excess weight in the life expectancy of Americans; Difficulty of determining whether a child is obese; Causes of obesity in children....
The prevalence of obesity and undernutrition in children is a cause for concern; around 17% of US children between the ages of 2 and 19 are clinically obese, and approximately 13% of US children are considered to be malnourished. Although obesity rates among preschoolers have been falling ...
11/30/2010 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance DynaMed's Systematic LiteratureSurveillance : Madsen KA, Weedn AE, Crawford PB. Disparities in peaks, plateaus, anddeclines in prevalence of high BMI among adolescents. Pediatrics.K BrownBK CooleyM GoldschmiedtMF WeisbergEndoscopyof...
This Position Statement updates the different components of the therapy of obesity (lifestyle intervention, drugs, and surgery) in children and adolescents, previously reported in the consensus position statement on pediatric obesity of the Italian Socie
In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age. A 2020 report found that 14.7 million children and adolescents in the U.S. live with obesity. Because obesity is a known risk factor for serious ...
A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.
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Children or teens with a body mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile should be evaluated for related conditions such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, prediabetes, or hypertension. Youth being evaluated for obesity do not need to have their fasting insulin values measured, because it has no diagnostic...