1. The treatment of obesity in children and adolescents: consensus position statement of the Italian society of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology, Italian Society of Pediatrics and Italian Society of Pediatric Surgery
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Claudio Maffeis, Francesca Olivieri, Giuliana Valerio, Elvira Verduci, Maria Rosaria Licenziati, Valeria Calcaterra, Gloria Pelizzo, Mariacarolina Salerno, Annamaria Staiano, Sergio Bernasconi, Raffaele Buganza, Antonino Crinò, Nicola Corciulo, Domenico Corica, Francesca Destro, Procolo Di Bonito, Mario Di Pietro, Anna Di Sessa, Luisa deSanctis, Maria Felicia Faienza, Grazia Filannino, Danilo Fintini, Elena Fornari, Roberto Franceschi, Francesca Franco, Adriana Franzese, Lia Franca Giusti, Graziano Grugni, Dario Iafusco, Lorenzo Iughetti, Riccardo Lera, Raffaele Limauro, Alice Maguolo, Valentina Mancioppi, Melania Manco, Emanuele Miraglia Del Giudice, Anita Morandi, Beatrice Moro, Enza Mozzillo, Ivana Rabbone, Paola Peverelli, Barbara Predieri, Salvo Purromuto, Stefano Stagi, Maria Elisabeth Street, Rita Tanas, Gianluca Tornese, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, and Malgorzata Wasniewska
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Children ,Adolescents ,Obesity ,Treatment ,Nutrition ,Physical activity ,Pediatrics ,RJ1-570 - Abstract
Abstract This Position Statement updates the different components of the therapy of obesity (lifestyle intervention, drugs, and surgery) in children and adolescents, previously reported in the consensus position statement on pediatric obesity of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology and the Italian Society of Pediatrics. Lifestyle intervention is the first step of treatment. In children older than 12 years, pharmacotherapy is the second step, and bariatric surgery is the third one, in selected cases. Novelties are available in the field of the medical treatment of obesity. In particular, new drugs demonstrated their efficacy and safety and have been approved in adolescents. Moreover, several randomized control trials with other drugs are in process and it is likely that some of them will become available in the future. The increase of the portfolio of treatment options for obesity in children and adolescents is promising for a more effective treatment of this disorder.
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- 2023
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