National Guideline Clearinghouse | Guideline Synthesis: Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents


Guidelines Being Compared:

1.Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH). Expert panel on weight loss surgery executive report. Boston (MA): Massachusetts Department of Public Health; 2007 Dec 12. 106 p. [77 references]
National Guideline Clearinghouse | Expert panel on weight loss surgery executive report.


2.Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). Management of obesity. A national clinical guideline. Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN); 2010 Feb. 96 p. (SIGN publication; no. 115). [319 references].
National Guideline Clearinghouse | Management of obesity. A national clinical guideline.


3.The Endocrine Society (TES). Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline based on expert opinion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008 Dec;93(12):4576-99.
National Guideline Clearinghouse | Prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline based on expert opinion.

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