Debate on the paper by Sichieri & Souza

The thorough and insightful review by Sichieri & Souza clearly describes the complexity of strategies used to prevent or reverse the trend of childhood obesity.The most salient aspect of the review was the sheer variety of programs that have been attempted and the remarkably few that were successful, even in the short term.This observation was remarked upon quite well by the authors and illustrates the problem with solving this dilemma once it has been underway.The authors make good use of their critical writing to emphasize that this global problem is multifactorial and that most prevention or treatment programs address at most two to three factors associated with obesity.The sheer number of factors that are associated with childhood obesity is the underlying problem left unresolved by most programs and my response will focus on this issue by expanding on the observations of Sichieri & Souza

Calorie · Childhood obesity · Dilemma · Disease · Energy (signal processing) · Obesity · Overweight · Variety (cybernetics) · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology