PWM: Major Recommendations (2007)
Major Recommendations
Recommendations By Topic
Below you will find a list of Childhood Overweight Treatment Recommendations organized by Topic. To see the Recommendation Summary, click on the Recommendation title. Also view the Executive Summary of Recommendations or print the guideline material in PDF format.
Resources Available with Each Recommendation
In addition to the recommendation statement and strength rating you will find on each recommendation page:
- a brief narrative summary of the evidence analyzed to reach the recommendation
- a statement of justification, or reason, for the strength of the recommendation
- information on the evidence supporting the recommendations and background narrative (available in the Supporting Evidence section toward the bottom of each recommendation page)
- a reference list at the end of each recommendation page that includes all the sources used in the evidence analysis for the particular recommendation (each reference is hyperlinked to a summary of the article analyzed in the evidence analysis)
Guideline Update
In 2015, the Academy published the 2015 Pediatric Weight Management Guideline. This Summary of Changes provides an overview of revisions to the 2007 Guideline.
Pediatric Weight Management (PWM) 2007 Major Recommendations
Overview
PWM: Comprehensive Multicomponent Weight Management Program for Treating Childhood Obesity
PWM: Obesity in Children Ages 2-5
Assessment
PWM: Assessing Foods and Pediatric Obesity
PWM: Assessing Child and Family Diet Behaviors in Pediatric Obesity
PWM: Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors
Intervention
Nutrition Prescription
PWM: Nutrition Prescription in the Treatment of Pediatric Obesity
Energy Restriction
Altered Macronutrient Diets
PWM: Reduced Glycemic Load Diet
PWM: Very Low Carbohydrate Diet
PWM: Using Protein Sparing Modified Fast Diets for Pediatric Weight Loss
Nutrition Education
PWM: Nutrition Education in the Treatment of Pediatric Obesity
Nutrition Counseling
PWM: Family Participation in Treating Pediatric Obesity in Children and Adolescents
PWM: Nutrition Counseling: Setting Weight Goals with Patient and Family
Coordination of Nutrition Care
PWM: Coordination of Care in Pediatric Weight Management
Physical Activity and Inactivity
PWM: Decreasing Sedentary Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
PWM: Physical Activity in the Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Adjunct Therapies
PWM: Adjunct Therapies: Use of Weight Loss Medications in Treating Obesity in Adolescents
PWM: Adjunct Therapies: Weight Loss Surgery and Adolescent Obesity
Treatment Format Options
PWM: Treatment Format Options: Group Versus Individual Intervention
Monitoring and Evaluation
PWM: Optimal Length of Weight Management Therapy in Children and Adolescents