How to reduce childhood obesity — even without weight-loss drugs
The Trump administration has promised that addressing childhood obesity will be a key part of its “Make America Healthy Again ...
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Clinical Obesity: Implications for Treatment of Eating Disorders
Is obesity a risk factor or a disease? This debate shapes treatments, policies, and eating disorder care. Explore its impact ...
How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment
A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.
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Guided self-help makes treating children with obesity easier and more affordable, clinical trial finds
Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health ...
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Can parents' diet predict childhood obesity? New research weighs in
Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...
Say Bye to Just BMI: Experts Call for a Major Shift in How We Measure Obesity
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.
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Beyond BMI: New report reframes obesity as a spectrum of illness, not just a risk factor
and some cancers as well as clinical obesity. In children, family history of type 2 diabetes or hypertension is especially important in assessing the need for treatment at the preclinical stage ...