Could new childhood obesity guidelines fuel eating disorders?
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AAP misconstrued research on childhood obesity and eating disorders
For the first time in 15 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year put forward new clinical guidelines for addressing obesity in children. The guidelines shifted the former standard of “watchful waiting” through youth to considering interventions like bariatric surgery, GLP-1 medications, and intensive behavioral treatment. The group advised pediatricians to pursue treatment “at the highest level of intensity appropriate for and available to the child.”
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