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Everybody agrees that lifestyle interventions done in a appropriate manner (e.g. focusing on less processed foods, less sugar intake, movement the child enjoys) is a good thing.Eh, I disagree, personally. I think that lifestyle interventions should be a significant focus and that obesity is a major issue that is easier to interrupt in its earlier stages.
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Effective strategies for childhood obesity prevention via school based, family involved interventions: a critical review for the development of the Feel4Diabetes-study school based component - BMC Endocrine Disorders
Background Although there are many interventions targeting childhood obesity prevention, only few have demonstrated positive results. The current review aimed to gather and evaluate available school-based intervention studies with family involvement targeting dietary, physical activity and...bmcendocrdisord.biomedcentral.com
The disagreement points are on talking about weight exclusively as a marker of illness and how one would even broach discussing weight loss medication in a child who is just starting middle school without a concern other than weight. I strongly support adolescent metformin in teens with preDM or early DM, I even prescribe it personally to these kids, DM2 is no joke and we have to prescribe medications that raise the risk of this. That's entirely different than prescribing it solely for the purpose of weight loss, not only is it minimally effective at best, but the messaging is that your weight itself is the problem. We know the result of how this messaging effects kids (and adults), spoiler alert is they gain weight more often than lose and rates of ED increase.