Obesity Canada has published an updated guideline for managing obesity in children and adolescents. An earlier guideline for managing obesity in adults, which was published almost 20 years ago, added ...

Earlier this month, as fellow eating disorder providers and I worked with clients and patients to navigate the annual new year dieting messages, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new ...

As a practicing pediatrician, new guidelines for the treatment of childhood obesity released by the American Academy of Pediatrics do not scare me – childhood obesity scares and saddens me. Yet, since ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

Nearly 20% of all children in the US have what’s considered to be a high body mass index, the measure that practitioners use to determine whether a person has obesity. New draft guidelines released ...

To address soaring rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year endorsed tactics it once considered risky. “Watchful waiting” had been standard practice, in part from ...

Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its clinical guidelines for “the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity.” The recommendations include weight ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends early and proactive treatment for children who have obesity, including surgery or weight loss drugs. The guidance has drawn scrutiny from advocates who ...

This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives, dividing medical experts, and spurring one of the biggest business battles in years. Read more about The Obesity ...

From the time Alexandra Slick was little, she knew that when she went to the doctor’s office, at least one person was probably going to tell her that she needed to lose weight. She remembers sitting ...

The WHO issued new guidelines endorsing GLP-1 receptor agonists for the long-term treatment of obesity in adults. GLP-1 drugs must be combined with counseling on behavioral and lifestyle changes, the ...

TORONTO — A new guideline for treating obesity in children and adolescents says medication can be helpful, but that health providers should prioritize addressing nutrition, exercise and psychological ...