Is metformin effective for reducing weight in obese or overweight adolescents?

Anderson, Kirsten; Kelsberg, Gary; Safranek, Sarah

doi:10.12788/jfp.0158

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“…In addition, for the polycystic ovary syndrome in females, especially in combination with obesity and insulin resistance, metformin is indicated. There are some reports about metformin modestly reducing body weight in adolescents with obesity, even with improving insulin sensitivity -but the evidence remained elusive [50][51][52]. Frequent gastrointestinal side effects like diarrhea or flatulence possibly cause reduced food intake.…”

Section: Use Of Antiobesity Drugs In Children and Adolescents: The Pa...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Pharmacotherapy in Childhood Obesity

2021

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Background: The increasing number of obese children and adolescence is a major problem in health-care systems. Currently, the gold standard for the treatment of these patients with obesity is a multicomponent lifestyle intervention. Unfortunately, this strategy is not leading to a substantial and long-lasting weight loss in the majority of patients. This is the reason why there is an urgent need to establish new treatment strategies for children and adolescents with obesity to reduce the risk for the development of any comorbidities like cardiovascular diseases or diabetes mellitus type 2. Summary: In this review, we outline available pharmacological therapeutic options for children and compare the available study data with the outcome of conservative treatment approaches. Key Messages: We discussed, in detail, how knowledge about underlying molecular mechanisms might support the identification of effective antiobesity drugs in the future and in which way this might modulate current treatment strategies to support children and adolescence with obesity to lose body weight.

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Section: Use Of Antiobesity Drugs In Children and Adolescents: The Pa...mentioning

confidence: 99%