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Understanding Childhood Obesity: Causes, Treatments and How to Reduce Stigma
Experts recommend screening children as early as age 2 and at least 26 hours of family-based counseling to improve BMI and reduce health risks.
- TUESDAY, Dec. 30, 2025, HealthDay News reported childhood obesity involves genetics and environmental factors like ultra-processed foods, digital devices, poor sleep and mental stress.
- Combined with aggressive food marketing and barriers to regular activity, prenatal exposures and environmental forces create a 'perfect storm' for early metabolic risk.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine Association recommend screening begin as early as age 2 and at least 26 hours of family-based counseling over 6–12 months, with higher contact improving outcomes.
- Clinicians emphasize metabolic bariatric surgery offers durability for teenagers with severe obesity but requires long-term nutritional and emotional support alongside independence and social needs.
- To reduce stigma and prevent obesity, clinicians and healthcare staff should use person-first language and collaborate with children and families, schools and communities, and policymakers on prevention.
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Understanding Childhood Obesity: Causes, Treatments and How to Reduce Stigma
TUESDAY, Dec. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight.
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