Dietary Approach  

Dietetics is an important part of the therapeutic approach in pediatric obesity. In this section, we shall first study the general principles of the dietary approach. We will then present more concrete points for usual practice.

Author(s):

Véronique Nègre

Drug Treatment Of Child And Adolescent Obesity

While child and adolescent obesity prevalence are worsening in many countries around the world or tend to stabilize at high levels, therapeutic approach in Europe remains limited to either

Author(s):

Marie-Laure Frelut

Gianpaolo De Filippo

Psychological Indications, Contraindications, And Follow-up To Bariatric Surgery

Children and adolescents today show “the same aversion to overweight children and adolescents” as was found in a 1961 study. Adolescents are especially at risk for forming these negative opinions during puberty. During this time, high emotional instability leads to vulnerability in personal, sexual, and social development.

Author(s):

Elisabeth Ardelt-Gattinger

Erich Gattinger

Susanne Ring-Dimitriou

Daniel Weghuber