Drug interventions for the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents

Background Child and adolescent obesity has increased globally, and can be associated with significant short‐ and long‐term health consequences. Objectives To assess the efficacy of drug interventions for the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents. Search methods We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed (subsets not available on Ovid), LILACS as well as the trial registers ICTRP (WHO) and ClinicalTrials.gov. Searches were...