Guidelines for treating child and adolescent obesity: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Obesity is a chronic disease that compromises the physical and mental health of an increasing proportion of children globally. In high-income countries, prevalence of paediatric obesity is increasing faster in those from marginalised populations such as low-income households, suggesting the disease as one that is largely systemic. Appropriate treatment should be prioritised in these settings to prevent the development of complications and co-morbidities and manage those that already exist. An array of clinical practice guidelines are available for managing overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, but no systematic review has yet compared their quality or synthesised their recommendations. We aimed to narratively review clinical practice guidelines published in English for treati

SUBMITTER: Tully L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9597370 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature