Ulrike Spielau

TL;DR: Among obese adolescents, the most rapid weight gain had occurred between 2 and 6 years of age; most children who were obese at that age were obese in adolescence.

TL;DR: In this article, the dynamics of body-mass index (BMI) in children from birth to adolescence are unclear, and whether susceptibility for the development of sustained obesity occurs at a specific time.

TL;DR: Dietary modification and physical activity are currently the only adopted treatment approaches and pharmacological therapies and bariatric surgery are still contradictory and, therefore, are only recommended in selected high-risk cases.

TL;DR: It is observed a further stabilization of overweight and obesity prevalence rates for all age groups and even a decrease in the rates for the younger ages (4–7·99 years, 8–11· 99 years).

TL;DR: In overweight and obese children and adolescents, HbA1c seems to be a more reliable screening tool than OGTT, according to the ROC analysis, which revealed for FPG an optimal threshold of 98 mg/dl and for Hb a best cut-off value of 42 mmol/mol to detect diabetes.