{"id":1801433,"date":"2023-01-10T16:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801433"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:10:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:10:35","slug":"forget-playing-outside-big-pharmas-solution-to-childhood-obesity-is-more-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forget-playing-outside-big-pharmas-solution-to-childhood-obesity-is-more-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Playing Outside: Big Pharma\u2019s Solution To Childhood Obesity Is More Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforget-playing-outside-big-pharmas-solution-to-childhood-obesity-is-more-drugs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Big Pharma is willing to cash in on the newest cash crop in American healthcare: childhood obesity. <\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which address childhood obesity, were published by the AAP. They recommend that children take a combination of pills and surgery to achieve long-term weight loss. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of telling the children to get out of their cars and not use their phones, give them some aggressive guidance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/kids-health\/new-guidelines-treating-childhood-obesity-include-medications-surgery-rcna64651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suggestions<\/a> To combat the rising obesity epidemic among adolescents, it is recommended that children 12 and older with severe obesity take medication. As candidates for bariatric operation, obese teenagers aged 13 and over should be screened. <\/p>\n<p>Teenagers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthyweight\/assessing\/bmi\/childrens_bmi\/about_childrens_bmi.html#:~:text=Obesity%20is%20defined%20as%20a,of%2022.9%20kg%2Fm2.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">considered<\/a> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), considers someone obese if their body mass (BMI) is at or above the 95th per centile for children and teenagers of the same age and sex. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/childhood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> According to the CDC, almost 20 percent of children between 2 and 19 years old are considered obese.<\/p>\n<p>The AAP recommendations reflect growing alarmism over the obesity epidemic, which is particularly surging among children \u2014 many of whom are raised as lifelong medical patients trapped by the habits of their parents and a processed diet. People with obesity are more likely to develop chronic diseases like diabetes or high blood pressure. The mental effects of excessive weight are especially dangerous for children, who are often bullied and teased. <\/p>\n<p>Medications proposed to combat the crisis include Orlistat and semaglutide \u2014 which are already approved by the Food and Drug Administration for obesity treatment in children 12 and older \u2014 and metformin, which may be prescribed off-label. These medications come with their own problems and can lead to long-term failure if not managed properly. <\/p>\n<p>Ozempic, a brand name form of semaglutide commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetics, offers patients a multitude of benefits. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ozempic.com\/how-to-take\/side-effects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harmful side effects<\/a> Include nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sudeep Singh is a Miami-based medical director for a concierge practice. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2022\/11\/ozempic-side-effects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telled<\/a> Last fall, The Cut found that approximately half of his patients who received the medicine had gastrointestinal side-effects. Dr. Tim Logemann, however, a specialist in cardiology and obesity in Wisconsin, touted Ozempic as doctors\u2019 most effective medicine for weight loss. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love it,\u201d Logemann spoke with The Federalist in an interview. \u201cWe use it every chance we get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Logemann, who treats obesity in adults, said that while he didn\u2019t have a strong opinion on administering the medicine to minors, there\u2019s a \u201csadness about it.\u201d He explained that side effects do not necessarily mean that the medication is effective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be better if kids could eat good food and didn\u2019t need this drug,\u201d Logemann said. \u201cIt\u2019s very sad we can\u2019t keep kids safe from bad food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Nina Teicholz, a nutrition journalist Nina Teicholz, the FDA approved the drug for children who are experiencing weight loss within 18 days. This was based on one trial. She <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfatsurprise\/status\/1610676984471756801?s=20&#038;t=8pH_R6fm1rgKrYsZCseSOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Labels<\/a> the injections\u2019 approval for obese adolescents as a textbook case of \u201cpay to play,\u201d Take the drug with you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published new guidelines for tackling childhood obesity with medication and surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1801436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6938,7137,6919,14292,8702,11531,14293,4644,4329],"class_list":["post-1801433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-childhood","tag-drugs","tag-federalist","tag-forget","tag-obesity","tag-outside","tag-pharmas","tag-playing","tag-solution"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}