Experts Recommend Drugs, Surgery for Teen Obesity in New Guidelines
Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)For the first time ever, experts with the American Academy of Pediatrics are recommending proactive medical interventionagainst childhood obesity. The organization’s new guidelines will no longer ask doctors to simply observe or delay treatment in children with obesity, defined as a body mass index over 30. They instead now emphasize a range of options, such as dietary and lifestyle counseling for younger children as well as medications and/or surgery for children 12 and over.Past…