Obesity in children: epidemic and opportunity.
Obesity has become widespread among both adults and children in the United States, with the prevalence of overweight and obese children increasing from 15% in 1971 to more than 30% in 2000. This article discusses how to determine whether a child is overweight or obese, the causes of childhood obesity, as well as how physicians can treat this disease using family-based diet, exercise, and behavior modification programs; weight-loss medications; protein-sparing modified fasting; and bariatric surgery.
Schwarzenberg
Sarah Jane
SJ
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015444:Exercise; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008910:Minnesota; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors
D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents