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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Obesity: diagnosis, prevention, and treatment; evidence based answers to common questions
  1. J J Reilly1,
  2. M L Wilson2,
  3. C D Summerbell3,
  4. D C Wilson2
  1. 1University of Glasgow Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland, UK
  2. 2University of Edinburgh Department of Child Life and Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, 9 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, Scotland, UK
  3. 3University of Teesside, School of Health and Social Care, Middlesborough TS1 3BA, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr J J Reilly, University of Glasgow Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland, UK;
    jjr2y{at}clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Abstract

Paediatric obesity is now common in the UK, as in other developed countries. A literature search was conducted and evidence based answers to five frequently answered questions sought. Recommendations for diagnosis are given. Although there is no conclusive evidence that the condition is preventable, a number of treatment approaches are promising.

  • obesity
  • randomised controlled trial
  • body mass index
  • meta-analysis
  • systematic review
  • BMI, body mass index
  • RCT, randomised controlled trial

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.86.6.392

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