Research
Effective obesity treatments reach few eligible teens, study finds
The Brief
- A new study finds that the vast majority of eligible teens with obesity receive neither new anti-obesity medications nor weight-loss surgery.
- The study is from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, as reported by Medical Xpress.
- The reported gap is between treatments that are available and the teens who qualify for them.
Why it matters
The finding suggests that proven adolescent obesity treatments are under-used in practice, which matters for clinicians, health systems and researchers evaluating treatment access.
Who’s affected
- clinicians treating adolescents with obesity
- health policy researchers and health system planners
- families of teens with obesity
- #obesity
- #adolescent health
- #pediatrics
- #weight-loss medication
- #bariatric surgery
Despite the arrival of powerful new anti-obesity medications and growing evidence supporting weight-loss surgery for adolescents, the vast majority of eligible teens are receiving neither treatment, according to a new study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of…
Timeline
Medical Xpress reports the new study on eligible teens and obesity treatments
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Effective obesity treatments reach few eligible teens, study finds