Clinicians are encouraged to screen all children from 6 to 18 years of age for obesity by making body mass index (BMI) measurement part of usual care, according to new draft recommendations on ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

Obesity often persists from childhood into adulthood, yet guidelines are segmented by age, lacking adolescent-specific recommendations. Discrepancies exist in BMI assessment, exercise, and dietary ...

Implementing the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Screening (FNPA) tool and motivational interviewing techniques in the pediatric primary care setting can improve childhood overweight/obesity ...

To address soaring rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year endorsed tactics it once considered risky. “Watchful waiting” had been standard practice, in part from ...

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Pharmacotherapy is an effective, evidence-based treatment for people living with obesity, as part of a long-term, individualized treatment plan. An updated pharmacotherapy guideline for obesity ...