WHO urges lifestyle changes to fight childhood obesity
The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines to combat obesity among children, focusing on relying on a healthy diet, physical activity, and behavioral support rather than medications and surgeries. The recommendations include using medications or surgical procedures only after non-pharmacological interventions have failed, and limiting treatment to physically and mentally mature adolescents after six months of unsuccessful results. The organization warned that prescribing medications to children under the age of ten is not recommended due to concerns about their safety. It emphasized that medical or surgical treatment should only be considered in special cases following a thorough evaluation, and highlighted the importance of providing affordable dietary and physical activity programs to help reduce the significantly rising obesity rates, which have increased considerably since 1990.
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