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Revise the American Academy of Pediatric's Guideline on Evaluating and Treating Children and Adolescents with ‘Obesity’
Petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics |
We, the undersigned, strongly oppose the Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescent Obesity recently released by the American Academy of Pediatrics. If you haven’t had a chance to read them, some of the most shocking points include recommendations for bariatric surgery for children as young as 13 and weight loss medication for children as young as 12.
As currently written, we expect these guidelines will cause harm and put young people at risk of developing or worsening eating disorders, disordered eating, and other mental and physical health issues as well as perpetuate harmful weight stigma and move us further away from achieving universal weight-inclusive care.
We call on the American Academy of Pediatrics to work with experts in weight-inclusive care and eating disorders to reconsider and rewrite these guidelines to include more appropriate screening and support for the safety and wellbeing of our children and adolescents.
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