肥胖:流行病后的体重管理
1Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Charleston Area Medical Center, 830 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 401, Charleston, WV 25302, USA; West Virginia University.
Pediatric clinics of North America
|July 13, 2024
概括
冠状病毒大流行增加了青少年肥胖率,突出了体重耻辱. 有新的治疗方法可用,但青少年肥胖的保险覆盖率不足.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
背景情况:
- 2019年新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 疫情加剧了社会问题,导致青少年肥胖率上升.
- 随着大流行,人们对体重耻辱和尺寸偏见的认识越来越高.
- 美国儿科学会在此期间发布了针对青少年肥胖的新临床指南.
研究的目的:
- 检查社会变化,临床指导方针和青少年肥胖护理中药学进步的交叉点.
- 评估新批准的青少年减肥药物保险的可用性.
主要方法:
- 审查社会趋势及其对青少年体重的影响.
- 美国儿科学会指导方针的分析.
- 审查食品和药物管理局对青少年减肥药物的批准.
- 调查这些治疗的保险政策.
主要成果:
- COVID-19 流行病与青少年肥胖患病率的增加有关.
- 批准了新的临床实践指南和青少年减肥药物.
- 对于这些新的青少年肥胖治疗的保险覆盖,存在显著的差距.
结论:
- 疫情期间的社会转变加剧了青少年肥胖危机.
- 虽然医学进步带来了新的希望,但缺乏保险覆盖面对获得治疗来说是一个主要障碍.
- 迫切需要注意解决保险差异,以有效管理青少年肥胖.
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