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Child and adolescent obesity

N. Lister,L. Baur,5 Authors,M. Wabitsch

2023 · DOI: 10.1038/s41572-023-00435-4
Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 244 Citations

TLDR

The epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis, prevention and management of obesity in this age group is discussed, and adjunctive therapies can be valuable, such as more intensive dietary therapies, pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery.