Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:
●(See "Society guideline links: Obesity in adults".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Lipid disorders and atherosclerosis in children".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Bariatric surgery".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in children".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Hypertension in children".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Sleep-related breathing disorders including obstructive sleep apnea in children".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease".)
International
●Endocrine Society (ES): Clinical practice guideline on pediatric obesity – Assessment, treatment, and prevention (2017)
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline – Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition (2017)
●ES: Clinical practice guideline for the pharmacological management of obesity (2016)
●WHO: Guideline – Sugars intake for adults and children (2015)
●Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS): Consensus guidelines for recombinant human growth hormone therapy in Prader-Willi syndrome (2013)
●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Practice guideline on obesity (2011)
●Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society (AE-PCOS): Position statement on the treatment of obesity in polycystic ovary syndrome (2009)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on screen time and preschool children – Promoting health and development in a digital world (2022)
●CPS: Position statement on dietary intake of sodium by children – Why it matters (2020)
●CPS: Position statement on school nutrition – Support for providing healthy food and beverage choices in schools (2020)
●Dietitians of Canada (DC), CPS, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC), and the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group (CPEG): WHO growth charts for Canada – Resources for health professionals (2014, reviewed 2019)
●CPS: Position statement on dieting in adolescence (2004, reaffirmed 2018)
●Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC): Recommendations for growth monitoring, and prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children and youth in primary care (2015)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity (2023)
●AAP: Clinical report on preventing obesity and eating disorders in adolescents (2016, reaffirmed 2023)
●AAP: Technical report on appraisal of clinical care practices for child obesity treatment – Part I: Interventions (2023)
●AAP: Technical report on appraisal of clinical care practices for child obesity treatment – Part II: Comorbidities (2023)
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on obesity in adolescents (2017, reaffirmed 2020)
●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement on caregiver influences on eating behaviors in young children (2020)
●AAP: Clinical report on physical activity assessment and counseling in pediatric clinical settings (2020)
●AAP: Policy statement on pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery – Evidence, barriers, and best practices (2019)
●AAP: Policy statement on the use of nonnutritive sweeteners in children (2019)
●AAP: Technical report on metabolic and bariatric surgery for pediatric patients with severe obesity (2019)
●The Obesity Society (TOS): Position statement on obesity as a disease (2019)
●AHA: Scientific statement on sedentary behaviors in today’s youth: approaches to the prevention and management of childhood obesity (2018)
●AAP: Clinical report on promotion of healthy weight-control practices in young athletes (2017)
●AAP: Policy statement on stigma experienced by children and adolescents with obesity (2017)
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on obesity in children and adolescents – Screening (2017)
●American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American College of Endocrinology (ACE): Comprehensive clinical practice guidelines for medical care of patients with obesity (2016)
●Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM): Position paper on preventing and treating adolescent obesity (2016)
●AAP: Clinical report on the role of the pediatrician in primary prevention of obesity (2015)
●AHA: Scientific statement on approaches to the prevention and management of childhood obesity – The role of social networks and the use of social media and related electronic technologies (2013)
●AHA: Scientific statement on severe obesity in children and adolescents – Identification, associated health risks, and treatment approaches (2013)
●American Society for Nutrition (ASN): Scientific statement on consumption of cereal fiber, mixtures of whole grains and bran, and whole grains and risk reduction in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease (2013)
●ASN: Consensus statement on energy balance and its components – Implications for body weight regulation (2012)
●AAP: Clinical report on health supervision for children with Prader-Willi syndrome (2011)
●AHA: Scientific statement on assessing adiposity (2011)
●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Clinical guidelines on nutrition support of hospitalized pediatric patients with obesity (2010)
●AHA: Scientific statement on population-based prevention of obesity – The need for comprehensive promotion of healthful eating, physical activity, and energy balance (2008)
Europe
●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A position paper on the role of dietary factors, food habits, and lifestyle in childhood obesity development (2021)
●ESPGHAN: Position paper on sugar in infants, children and adolescents (2017)
●European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO): Position statement – Childhood obesity is a chronic disease demanding specific health care (2015)
●EASO: Position statement on the use of anti-obesity drugs, 2014 (published 2015)
●EASO and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH): Joint statement on obesity and difficult to treat arterial hypertension (2012)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on obesity – Identification, assessment, and management (2014, updated 2023)
●NICE: Quality standard on obesity – Clinical assessment and management (2016)
●NICE: Clinical guideline on obesity prevention (2006, updated 2015)
●NICE: Guideline on preventing excess weight gain (2015)
●NICE: Quality standard on obesity in children and young people – Prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes (2015)
●NICE: Public health guideline on weight management – Lifestyle services for overweight or obese children and young people (2013)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japan Children's Medical Health Association: Infant obesity guide (2019)
●[In Japanese] Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO): Childhood obesity practice guidelines (2017)
