Childhood and adolescent obesity have reached epidemic levels in the United States.
Currently, about 17% of US children are presenting with obesity. Obesity can affect all …

Obesity among children, adolescents and adults has emerged as one of the most serious
public health concerns in the 21st century. The worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity …

Abstract Cosponsoring Associations: The European Society of Endocrinology and the
Pediatric Endocrine Society. This guideline was funded by the Endocrine Society. Objective …

Childhood obesity has emerged as an important public health problem in the United States
and other countries in the world. Currently 1 in 3 children in the United States is afflicted with …

Severe obesity afflicts between 4% and 6% of all youth in the United States, and the
prevalence is increasing. Despite the serious immediate and long-term cardiovascular …

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Background Obesity in childhood is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. It is
uncertain whether this risk is attenuated in persons who are overweight or obese as children …

Background The ideal means of identifying obesity in children and adolescents has not
been determined although body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used screening tool …

Abstract The Italian Consensus Position Statement on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
of Obesity in Children and Adolescents integrates and updates the previous guidelines to …

Background Little is known about the long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery for severe
adolescent obesity, raising questions about the durability of early responses to surgery. We …