Doctors Have a New Plan for Fat Kids

Last month the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new set of guidelines for "childhood obesity." We have some comments.

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Links!
• The 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines (publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/151/2/…)
• The 2007 guidelines (publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstra…)
• Pros and cons of bariatric surgery in adolescents (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28065735)
• Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents (weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/serious-iss…)
• Semaglutide treatment for obesity in teenagers: a plain language summary of the STEP TEENS research study (becarispublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/cer-2022…)
• Patients’ views of long-term results of bariatric surgery for super-obesity: sustained effects, but continuing struggles (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550728…)
• Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6320354)
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32035828)
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