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Obesity in Children Aged 2 to 12 Years: A Review

Obesity in children is associated with chronic disease, such as hypertension, and with poor quality of life. Evidence-based treatment for obesity in children includes intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment, and pharmacotherapy may provide additional benefit, although short- and long-term safety and efficacy (real-world effectiveness in the trial) data are limited.

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Backed by randomized controlled human trials or a formal meta-analysis pooling multiple clinical studies.

1 min readJAMAOct 21, 2026