Comprehensive Care for Children with Obesity: Best Practices and Multidisciplinary Treatment Approaches
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021)
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Childhood obesity has assumed epidemic proportions worldwide. The increase in prevalence of childhood obesity has led to the emergence of “adult” diseases such as type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and sleep apnea in children and adolescents. Childhood obesity, particularly severe obesity, often persists into adulthood and therefore is associated with increased long-term morbidity and mortality.
Childhood obesity develops as a result of a complex interplay between genetic, epigenetic, environmental, and behavioral factors. Childhood obesity affects children from racial and ethnic minorities disproportionately. Treatment of obesity in children therefore requires a multifaceted, multidisciplinary, and culturally appropriate approach. Various team members (including medical providers, nurses, dieticians, mental health professionals and social workers) and disciplines (e.g., primary care, nutrition, psychology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, sleep medicine and surgery) play a critical role in management of obesity and related comorbidities.
This Special Issue, “Comprehensive Care for Children with Obesity: Best Practices and Multidisciplinary Treatment Approaches” will focus on the existing and novel treatment approaches to care of childhood obesity and related comorbid conditions. It will emphasize the importance of individualizing the treatment approach based on obesity pathophysiology and health consequences. The efficacy of lifestyle modifications and pharmacotherapy for treatment of childhood obesity is modest, and therefore, there is a continued need to evaluate novel treatment approaches that will augment the effect of current treatment modalities.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Seema Kumar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- childhood obesity
- lifestyle modifications
- pharmacotherapy
- bariatric surgery
- pediatric type 2 diabetes
