HealthHealth Policy Watch1 Drugs? Surgery? WHO Issues Guidelines For Obesity In Children
The WHO has released its first-ever guidelines on managing obesity in children, including conditional support for weight-loss drugs and surgery for kids over 10.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guidelines to address how clinicians should manage obesity in children and adolescents, which
The World Health Organization issued its first guidelines on childhood obesity, covering nutrition, activity, and in some cases medication or surgery.
Obesity drugs and bariatric surgery are only conditionally recommended for adolescents over 10, and only when structured lifestyle interventions have already failed.
The guidelines reflect a quadrupling of childhood obesity since 1990, with around 170 million children now affected globally, the WHO says.
For children under 10, the WHO recommends only healthy eating, physical activity and behavioural support, with no drugs or surgery, so ask your GP if you have concerns about your child's weight.
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