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Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce or control excess body fat. These medications alter one of the fundamental processes of the human body , weight regulation, by: reducing appetite and consequently energy intake , increasing energy expenditure , redirecting nutrients from adipose to lean ...
A meta-analysis of the psychological treatment of obesity in children and adolescents found family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) and parent-only behavior treatment to be the most effective practices in treating obesity in children within a psychological framework. [91]
Management of obesity can include lifestyle changes, medications, or surgery. Although many studies have sought effective interventions, there is currently no evidence-based, well-defined, and efficient intervention to prevent obesity. [1] Treatment for obesity often consists of weight loss via healthy nutrition and increasing physical exercise.
Obesity in children and adolescents through age 19 is defined as having a body mass index – a ratio of weight to height – higher than 95% of youngsters of the same age and gender ...
The study included over 54,000 U.S. adolescents and found a 33% reduction in the risk of suicidal thoughts and attempts among those using the drugs compared to those who did not. [33] Additionally, while adolescents taking GLP-1 drugs experienced more gastrointestinal symptoms, they had a lower risk of acute pancreatitis compared to the control ...
A person may be underweight due to genetics, [7] [8] poor absorption of nutrients, increased metabolic rate or energy expenditure, lack of food (frequently due to poverty), low appetite, drugs that affect appetite, illness (physical or mental) or the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.
Obesity medicine is a field of medicine dedicated to the comprehensive treatment of patients with obesity. Obesity medicine takes into account the multi-factorial etiology of obesity in which behavior, development, environment, epigenetic , genetic , nutrition , physiology , and psychosocial contributors all play a role. [ 1 ]
Obesity in children and adolescents is defined as a BMI greater than the 95th percentile. [277] The reference data that these percentiles are based on is from 1963 to 1994 and thus has not been affected by the recent increases in rates of obesity. [ 278 ]