New Guidelines for Managing Obesity in Children: CMAJ
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A new guideline to help health care providers manage obesity in children and adolescents takes a patient-centred approach, emphasizing behavioural and psychological supports that focus on outcomes valued by patients and their families. The guideline based on the latest evidence, is published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.
It was developed by Obesity Canada through an extensive, 4-year-long collaboration involving adolescents and caregivers with lived obesity experience, methodologists, health care providers, and more than 50 multidisciplinary experts.
These outcomes include quality of life, mental health, related cardiovascular risk factors, avoiding harms, and more.
Pediatric obesity is a complex, chronic, progressive, and stigmatized condition that increases risk for more than 200 health conditions. International data indicate that severe obesity appears to be on the rise globally.
The guideline contains 10 recommendations, including guidance on nutritional, physical activity, psychological, and technology interventions, and medications and surgical options, as well as 9 good practice statements. The authors recommend combining at least 2 options to help manage obesity.
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