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Abstract The Italian Consensus Position Statement on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
of Obesity in Children and Adolescents integrates and updates the previous guidelines to …

Abstract Cosponsoring Associations: The European Society of Endocrinology and the
Pediatric Endocrine Society. This guideline was funded by the Endocrine Society. Objective …

Severe obesity afflicts between 4% and 6% of all youth in the United States, and the
prevalence is increasing. Despite the serious immediate and long-term cardiovascular …

Severe obesity among youth is an “epidemic within an epidemic” and portends a shortened
life expectancy for today's children compared with those of their parents' generation. Severe …

Background Severe obesity in adolescence is associated with reduced life expectancy and
impaired quality of life. Long-term benefits of conservative treatments in adolescents are …

Abstract Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane were systematically reviewed for available
evidence on bariatric surgery in adolescents. Thirty-seven included studies evaluated the …

Objective: Multiple interventions are available to reduce excess body weight in children. We
appraised the quality of evidence supporting each intervention and assessed the …

The number of obese young people continues to rise, with a corresponding increase in
extreme obesity and paediatric‐adolescent bariatric surgery. We aimed to (i) systematically …

The cause of T1DM is the subject of multiple ongoing studies with the shared goal of
identifying targets for prevention. 10, 11 A cure is likely still far in the future, barring dramatic …