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Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Infantile Obesity: A Narrative Review
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- A narrative review examined behavioural, family, psychological and medication approaches to childhood obesity.
- Who / model studied
- The review covered literature mainly from 2010 to August 2026. Its medication comparison included 35 trials and 4,331 participants; individual follow-up durations are not given in the abstract.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Dose and schedule have not yet been extracted for this summary.
- What the study found
- Medication plus behavioural treatment reduced body mass index by 1.71 points more than behavioural treatment with or without placebo. Gastrointestinal side effects were frequent with GLP-1 medicines, and partial weight regain occurred after stopping treatment.
- Limitations & context
- Different study methods and a lack of direct comparisons prevented formal drug ranking. Psychological outcomes were infrequently assessed.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.20944/preprints202609.0649.v1