Abstract
‘Complex severe obesity’ in children and adolescents can be defined as a BMI >95th percentile for their age and gender in addition to at least one significant obesity-related co-morbidity requiring specialty care, other co-existing chronic illness impacted by obesity, or a BMI ≥99th percentile for their age and gender. These children are at high risk of acute and long-term medical and psychosocial morbidities. Optimal management strategies for this group of patients are not well studied, although general principals include emphasis on a comprehensive family-based lifestyle intervention, while addressing medical and psychological aspects of obesity, as well as motivation to change behaviours. Further treatment options, such as bariatric surgery, may be necessary, but require a skilled interdisciplinary team and careful selection of candidates most likely to benefit from these procedures.
Keywords: Childhood obesity, complex obesity, family-based behavioral therapy, lifestyle intervention, interdisciplinary, weight management program, bariatric surgery
Current Pediatric Reviews
Title:Complex Obesity
Volume: 8 Issue: 2
Author(s): Paola Luca, Catherine Birken, Preeti Grewal, Elizabeth Dettmer and Jill Hamilton
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Keywords: Childhood obesity, complex obesity, family-based behavioral therapy, lifestyle intervention, interdisciplinary, weight management program, bariatric surgery
Abstract: ‘Complex severe obesity’ in children and adolescents can be defined as a BMI >95th percentile for their age and gender in addition to at least one significant obesity-related co-morbidity requiring specialty care, other co-existing chronic illness impacted by obesity, or a BMI ≥99th percentile for their age and gender. These children are at high risk of acute and long-term medical and psychosocial morbidities. Optimal management strategies for this group of patients are not well studied, although general principals include emphasis on a comprehensive family-based lifestyle intervention, while addressing medical and psychological aspects of obesity, as well as motivation to change behaviours. Further treatment options, such as bariatric surgery, may be necessary, but require a skilled interdisciplinary team and careful selection of candidates most likely to benefit from these procedures.
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Luca Paola, Birken Catherine, Grewal Preeti, Dettmer Elizabeth and Hamilton Jill, Complex Obesity, Current Pediatric Reviews 2012; 8 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339612800681316
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339612800681316 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6336 |
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