Pediatric obesity continues to represent one of the biggest health problems in childhood worldwide. Although health promotion represents the mainstay of obesity prevention and treatment, lifestyle modification programs are often unsuccessful. In some selected cases, after failure of a "conventional" approach, pharmacological or surgical treatment of obesity in pediatric patients can be applied. Nevertheless, a limited number of drugs are approved by the drug regulatory agencies for pediatric population and, to date, management of childhood obesity remains a challenge.
This Research Topic aims to support the importance of personalized preventive strategies, to explore new management options, including use of technological innovation and digital health
and to propose innovative model for obesity treatment.
The Research Topic also aims to support community intervention strategies and national/international interventions led by pivotal stakeholders.
New research papers, narrative and systemic reviews, meta-analysis and case reports are welcome to this Research Topic. Other manuscript types accepted include editorial, methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
Clinicians and researchers are invited to submit relevant contributions, on both clinical and research fields.
Pediatric obesity continues to represent one of the biggest health problems in childhood worldwide. Although health promotion represents the mainstay of obesity prevention and treatment, lifestyle modification programs are often unsuccessful. In some selected cases, after failure of a "conventional" approach, pharmacological or surgical treatment of obesity in pediatric patients can be applied. Nevertheless, a limited number of drugs are approved by the drug regulatory agencies for pediatric population and, to date, management of childhood obesity remains a challenge.
This Research Topic aims to support the importance of personalized preventive strategies, to explore new management options, including use of technological innovation and digital health
and to propose innovative model for obesity treatment.
The Research Topic also aims to support community intervention strategies and national/international interventions led by pivotal stakeholders.
New research papers, narrative and systemic reviews, meta-analysis and case reports are welcome to this Research Topic. Other manuscript types accepted include editorial, methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
Clinicians and researchers are invited to submit relevant contributions, on both clinical and research fields.