At the Bretonneau Hospital in Paris, Doctor Justine BERNFELD, endocrinologist nutritionist, receives in consultation her young obese patients and their parents. In six months, Gilles lost 24 kilos thanks to a diet. According to the doctor, eight out of ten children are at risk of remaining obese in adulthood, the only treatment being diet. But a child-friendly diet with a lot of protein, and especially full parental adherence.
In France, one in eight children becomes obese. This is one of the concerns expressed by the participants of the international congress that has just ended in Paris. For all these young people, diets and treatments are most often doomed to failure. This is why medical centers welcome them during a whole school year. Example with the school of birds, in Sanary-les-Bains in the Var. It welcomes a hundred obese children. Here, the residents find a family and strict food rules as explained by Doctor Danièle SOULIE, head doctor of the Bird Center.
Obesity was at the heart of the fourth national days of dietetics in Paris, at the instigation of the Scientific Society of Food Hygiene and the Interprofessional Pharmaceutical Technical Union. A clinician speaks about the problem of obesity, which affects all developed countries where food is abundant and physical exercise is less practiced. According to him, the Little progress has been made in the treatment of obesity, and diet remains the main element. Adjuvant medications are also prescribed (appetite moderators).
Suppression des distributeurs de boissons et sucreries dans les écoles, afin de lutter contre l'obésité ou le surpoids qui touchent les enfants dès la fin du primaire. Micro-trottoir d'élèves et interviews de Valérie Cholloux, parent d'élève, et du docteur Arnaud Cocaul, médecin nutritionniste
Initiatives to combat obesity are increasing. In the Toulouse area, in Pins-Justaret, a school canteen has developed software to adapt and monitor the meals served to each student. Children’s testimonies, interview with doctor Marie-Christine TURNIN, diabetologist CHU Toulouse, stressing that it is easier for a child to change his eating habits than for an adult. Gérard LHAMAS-FERNANDEZ, principal of the college Daniel Sorano Pins-Justaret (Haute Garonne), notes some significant changes.
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