Obesity in children and adolescents: Scoping exercise and prioritization for World Health Organization clinical guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Current clinical guidance on children and adolescent obesity management is limited in scope and in addressing obesogenic factors, reaching underserved populations, and developing whole-of-society solutions. To address these shortcomings, the World Health Organization (WHO) set out to develop people-centered normative guidance for the integrated management of children and adolescents with obesity using a primary healthcare approach. WHO undertook a prioritization exercise consisting of (1) scoping of initial questions and outcomes, (2) public notice and comment, (3) guideline development group establishment and consultation, and (4) final approval. Initial questions and outcomes were compiled from core outcome sets and documents from WHO, United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), a

SUBMITTER: Pardo-Hernandez H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448266 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature