Obesity in children: recent NICE guidance

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 84 - 88
• Main Authors: Kumaran, Anitha, Sakka, Sophia, Dias, Renuka P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Behavior modification; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Comorbidity; Diabetes; Disability; Exercise; Female; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health care; Humans; Hypertension; Learning disabilities; Lifestyles; Male; Mental health; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control; Pediatrics - standards; Physical fitness; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prevention; Public health; Quality; State Medicine - standards; United Kingdom - epidemiology; Weight control; National Institute of Clinical Excellence; Obesity; Weight Management; Paediatrics
• ISSN: 1743-0585; 1743-0593
• DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309729

[...]they will be at greater risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hypertension and psychological morbidity starting in adolescence, 2 as well as coronary heart disease and some cancers in adulthood. 3-5 This high proportion of overweight or obese children poses financial challenges for the National Health Service (NHS). PH53 Managing overweight and obesity in adults-lifestyle weight management services (May 2014) NG7 Preventing excess weight gain (March 2015) NICE has developed an obesity pathway (part of CG189), which links all obesity-related guidance, as well as a related pathway on physical activity: https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/obesity https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/physical-activity Information about the current guidelines In 2006, NICE produced guidance on obesity prevention (clinical guideline 43).