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2. Doctors should intervene to help children with obesity, task ...

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   In the draft guidelines, the task force — a group of independent experts whose recommendations guide doctors’ decisions and influence insurance coverage — recommends that pediatricians refer ...

3. Childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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   Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. [1] The term overweight rather than obese is often used when discussing childhood obesity, as it is less stigmatizing, although the term overweight can also refer to a different BMI category. [2]

4. The AAP's New Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Are Getting ...

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   Additionally, pediatric gastroenterologist Rebecca Winderman, MD posted a video on Twitter on January 19 supporting the guidelines, including the use of medication to treat children with obesity ...

5. Let's Move! - Wikipedia

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   The campaign aimed to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children. [1] [2] The Let's Move! initiative had an initially stated goal of "solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight".

6. Task Force on Childhood Obesity - Wikipedia

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   The Childhood Obesity Task Force is a United States government task force charged with reducing childhood obesity in the United States. It was founded on February 9, 2010, by the Obama administration through a presidential memorandum, announcing the establishment of a Task Force on Childhood Obesity.

7. Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new ...

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   John Simon III was a hungry baby, a “chunky” toddler and a chubby little boy, his mother said. Nine months after weight-loss surgery that removed a portion of his stomach, John has lost about ...