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A group of American doctors for children, called pediatricians, suggest “aggressive” early treatment for obesity including drugs and operations as early as age 13.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines urging parents of obese children to treat them "early and aggressively" with pharmaceutical drugs and invasive [...]
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.
Doctors say the longstanding practice of "watchful waiting," or delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome obesity on their own, only worsens the problem.
The longstanding practice of delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome obesity on their own only worsens the problem, American Academy of Pediatricians say.