This Position Statement updates the different components of the therapy of obesity (lifestyle intervention, drugs, and surgery) in children and adolescents, previously reported in the consensus position statement on pediatric obesity of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology and the Italian Society of Pediatrics. Lifestyle intervention is the first step of treatment. In children older than 12 years, pharmacotherapy is the second step, and bariatric surgery is the third one, in selected cases. Novelties are available in the field of the medical treatment of obesity. In particular, new drugs demonstrated their efficacy and safety and have been approved in adolescents. Moreover, several randomized control trials with other drugs are in process and it is likely that some of them will become available in the future. The increase of the portfolio of treatment options for obesity in children and adolescents is promising for a more effective treatment of this disorder.
The treatment of obesity in children and adolescents: consensus position statement of the Italian society of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology, Italian Society of Pediatrics and Italian Society of Pediatric Surgery / Maffeis, Claudio; Olivieri, Francesca; Valerio, Giuliana; Verduci, Elvira; Licenziati, Maria Rosaria; Calcaterra, Valeria; Pelizzo, Gloria; Salerno, Mariacarolina; Staiano, Annamaria; Bernasconi, Sergio; Buganza, Raffaele; Crinò, Antonino; Corciulo, Nicola; Corica, Domenico; Destro, Francesca; Di Bonito, Procolo; Di Pietro, Mario; Di Sessa, Anna; Desanctis, Luisa; Faienza, Maria Felicia; Filannino, Grazia; Fintini, Danilo; Fornari, Elena; Franceschi, Roberto; Franco, Francesca; Franzese, Adriana; Giusti, Lia Franca; Grugni, Graziano; Iafusco, Dario; Iughetti, Lorenzo; Lera, Riccardo; Limauro, Raffaele; Maguolo, Alice; Mancioppi, Valentina; Manco, Melania; Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia; Morandi, Anita; Moro, Beatrice; Mozzillo, Enza; Rabbone, Ivana; Peverelli, Paola; Predieri, Barbara; Purromuto, Salvo; Stagi, Stefano; Street, Maria Elisabeth; Tanas, Rita; Tornese, Gianluca; Umano, Giuseppina Rosaria; Wasniewska, Malgorzata. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1824-7288. - 49:1(2023), pp. 69-86. [10.1186/s13052-023-01458-z]
The treatment of obesity in children and adolescents: consensus position statement of the Italian society of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology, Italian Society of Pediatrics and Italian Society of Pediatric Surgery
Iughetti, Lorenzo;Predieri, Barbara;
2023
Abstract
This Position Statement updates the different components of the therapy of obesity (lifestyle intervention, drugs, and surgery) in children and adolescents, previously reported in the consensus position statement on pediatric obesity of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology and the Italian Society of Pediatrics. Lifestyle intervention is the first step of treatment. In children older than 12 years, pharmacotherapy is the second step, and bariatric surgery is the third one, in selected cases. Novelties are available in the field of the medical treatment of obesity. In particular, new drugs demonstrated their efficacy and safety and have been approved in adolescents. Moreover, several randomized control trials with other drugs are in process and it is likely that some of them will become available in the future. The increase of the portfolio of treatment options for obesity in children and adolescents is promising for a more effective treatment of this disorder.
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