New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics suggest some different treatment options for obese kids as young as 13, including weight loss drugs and surgery.
was overweight. what did the doctors tell you to do? to exercise and e better. i visited my doctor and i told her that i wanted to lose weight, but i wanted help. i knew i couldn t do it by myself. reporter: with parental permission, she finally tried bariatric weight loss surgery large of last june and counseling for emotional eating. since then, she has lost more than 90 pounds. did you look in the mirror and think who is that? my clothing was a big, big sign. i would put on my dresses and they were too big. and it was really, really surprising to me. reporter: the new guidelines from the a.a.p. recommend better nutrition, exercise, and face-to-face counseling. treatment may also including weight loss drugs and surgery for adolescents who meet the tricriterria. for many families, medication and surgery are not covered by insurance, if they have insurance. what do you think about these new guidelines. i think it s definitely a
According to a Rutgers study of obese adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and morbid obesity, those who underwent bariatric surgery had significantly fewer serious cardiovascular events in the years that followed (body mass index > 40).
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Medical Groups Replace Outdated Consensus Statement that Overly Restricts Access to Modern-Day Weight-Loss Surgery NEWBERRY, Fla., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Two of the world's leading