Editorial: Pediatric Obesity: A Focus on Treatment Options

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Fatima Cody Stanford¹  Angela K. Fitch¹ 

[1] MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States;Neuroendocrine Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, United States;Harvard Medical School, United States;Endocrine Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, United States

关键词: obesity;    pediatric obesity;    nutrition;    weight loss medications;    weight loss surgery;    bariatric surgery;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2019.00177

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Obesity is the most prevalent chronic disease in the United States with 17.8% of youth aged 2–19 with obesity and 5.8% with severe obesity (1). In 2015, it was noted that the average weight of children had risen an average of more than 5 kg within 3 decades, but it is also noteworthy that low-income and middle income countries have reported similar or even more rapid increases in the prevalence of obesity (2, 3). While it is important to continue efforts to promote prevention of obesity in children and adolescents, we must ensure that efforts also target the treatment of obesity to ensure that gains in life expectancy throughout the world do not decline due to the deleterious impacts of this chronic disease of obesity. Our issue seeks to address issues surrounding treatment of obesity in the pediatric population.

【 授权许可】

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