TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategies in the Management of Adolescent Obesity
AU - Johnson, Veronica R.
AU - Cao, Michelle
AU - Czepiel, Kathryn S.
AU - Mushannen, Tasnim
AU - Nolen, La Shyra
AU - Stanford, Fatima Cody
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Purpose of Review: We review the current options to manage adolescent obesity which include nutrition, physical activity, behavior modification, sleep management, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. Since lifestyle interventions alone are often not effective in adolescents, a multi-disciplinary treatment approach is necessary in management. Recent Findings: Medications (often used off-label) and metabolic/bariatric surgery are effective treatment strategies to treat adolescents with severe obesity. Summary: The use of pharmacotherapy and surgery is limited due to lack of pediatric obesity tertiary care centers. With more centers, the treatment of adolescent obesity will improve and aid to decrease the prevalence of adult obesity.
AB - Purpose of Review: We review the current options to manage adolescent obesity which include nutrition, physical activity, behavior modification, sleep management, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. Since lifestyle interventions alone are often not effective in adolescents, a multi-disciplinary treatment approach is necessary in management. Recent Findings: Medications (often used off-label) and metabolic/bariatric surgery are effective treatment strategies to treat adolescents with severe obesity. Summary: The use of pharmacotherapy and surgery is limited due to lack of pediatric obesity tertiary care centers. With more centers, the treatment of adolescent obesity will improve and aid to decrease the prevalence of adult obesity.
KW - Adolescent obesity
KW - Anti-obesity medications
KW - Bariatric surgery
KW - Lifestyle modifications
KW - Pharmacotherapy
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U2 - 10.1007/s40124-020-00214-9
DO - 10.1007/s40124-020-00214-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32632353
AN - SCOPUS:85101685004
SN - 2167-4841
VL - 8
SP - 56
EP - 65
JO - Current Pediatrics Reports
JF - Current Pediatrics Reports
IS - 2
ER -