Obesity in children – The right clinical information, right where it’s needed (2018) BMJ Best Practice

Description

This clinical guide discusses the causes, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of excessive body fat in children. It highlights that behavioral and environmental factors are primarily responsible for the increase in obesity, advocates for BMI calculation as the primary screening method, and recommends lifestyle modification as the mainstay of treatment, with pharmacotherapy or bariatric surgery as adjuncts for morbidly obese adolescents.