WHO advises lifestyle change over medication for childhood obesity
The World Health Organization has concluded that fighting childhood obesity requires a lifestyle change through healthy eating and increased physical activity, with a reduced reliance on medications and surgeries due to insufficient long-term evidence of their safety and effectiveness. The organization recommends using medications only after unsuccessful non-pharmaceutical interventions for children aged 10 to 19, following six months of ineffective treatment, and considers surgical options for physically and mentally mature adults with obesity. It also noted that approximately 400 million children aged 5 to 19 are overweight worldwide, a fourfold increase since 1990, and that effective solutions require affordable diets, physical activity opportunities, and sufficient awareness.
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