title: Pediatric obesity.
abstract: Childhood obesity is a tremendous burden for children, their families, and society. Obesity prevention remains the ultimate goal but rapid development and deployment of effective nonsurgical treatment options is not currently achievable given the complexity of this disease. Surgical options for adolescent obesity have been proven to be safe and effective and should be offered. The development of stratified protocols of increasing intensity should be individualized for patients based on their disease severity and risk factors. These protocols should be offered in multidisciplinary, cooperative clinical trials to critically evaluate and develop optimal treatment strategies for morbid obesity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Illinois, University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria, Peoria, IL 61603, USA. spandya01@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Holterman
authors.forename: Ai-Xuan
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Le Holterman
authors.forename: Allen F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Browne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs
chemical_list: D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents