Treatment of obesity using a common intervention contributes to mixed results. Through the development of better assessment techniques interventions more appropriate to each individual can be implemented. With increasing rates of children and adolescents experiencing eating disorders, undue emphasis on specific weight targets should be avoided. A weight loss regime may be avoided when overweight is not extreme. One method to increase physical activity is to reduce their access to sedentary behaviours that leads to a modification in their environment.
Prevention is the best long term therapy for obesity.
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