A leading medical group has begun advising doctors to treat obesity in children earlier and more aggressively, including using treatment options such as weight loss medication and bariatric surgery. The new guidelines from the ameracadpeds establish a new, proactive roadmap for obesity treatment with recommendations that providers focus on treating obesity head-on. It's an acknowledgment that America is losing the battle against childhood obesity, and the traditional "wait-and-see" approach isn't working for many kids. But some child advocates and eating-disorder specialists find the new guidelines particularly disturbing and worry they will feed into America's body-image bias, further damaging kids who may already feel bad about how they look. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story, including one Iowa family's experience. #DesMoines #Iowa #healthcare #pediatrics #obesity