The treatment of obesity in children and adolescents: consensus position statement of the Italian society of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology, Italian Society of Pediatrics and Italian Society of Pediatric Surgery

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology, Section of Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
• ² Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology, Section of Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. [email protected].
• ³ Department of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
• ⁴ Deparment of Pediatrics, Department of Health Science, Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Neurosciences, Neuro-Endocrine Diseases and Obesity Unit, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Traslational Medical Sciences, Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Microbiome Reaserch Hub, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
• ¹¹ Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
• ¹² Autoimmune Endocrine Diseases Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
• ¹³ Pediatric Unit, Hospital of Gallipoli, Lecce, Italy.
• ¹⁴ Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
• ¹⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, S. Maria Delle Grazie Hospital, Naples, Pozzuoli, Italy.
• ¹⁶ Pediatric and Neonatal Unit, Hospital of Teramo and Atri, Teramo, Italy.
• ¹⁷ Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
• ¹⁸ Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
• ¹⁹ Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionan Area, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
• ²⁰ Pediatric Unit Ostuni Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.
• ²¹ Refernce Center for Prader Willi Syndrome, Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
• ²² Pediatric Unit, S. Chiara Hospital, APSS Trento, Trento, Italy.
• ²³ Pediatric Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy.
• ²⁴ Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP), Lucca, Italy.
• ²⁵ Division of Auxology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Verbania, Italy.
• ²⁶ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of Mother, Children and Adults, Pediatric Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
• ²⁷ Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP), Alessandria, Italy.
• ²⁸ Local Health Unit Napoli, 3 Sud, Naples, Italy.
• ²⁹ Research Area for Multifactorial Diseases, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
• ³⁰ UOSD Diabetology, Complesso Ai Colli, AULSS 6 Euganea, Padua, Italy.
• ³¹ Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
• ³² Department of Pediatrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Belluno, Belluno, Italy.
• ³³ Pediatric Obesity Unit, ASP of Ragusa, Ragusa, Italy.
• ³⁴ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
• ³⁵ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Paediatrics, University of Parma, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
• ³⁶ Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP), Ferrara, Italy.
• ³⁷ Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.