American Academy of Pediatrics, 2023: Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Indian Pediatr. 2023 Sep 15;60(9):759-761.

Abstract

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have released their first comprehensive clinical practice guideline that outlines evidence-based evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with overweight and obesity. This article reviews the same, along with implication in our setting and the need for updating our guideline, which is almost two decades old.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Academies and Institutes
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Overweight
  • Pediatric Obesity* / diagnosis
  • Pediatric Obesity* / therapy