Document Type : Review Paper

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1 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.

2 Primary Health Care Center/Saleh Al-Shabakhoun, Mosul, Iraq.

Abstract

Obesity is a multifarious disorder involving developmental, behavioral, biological, environmental, and hereditary components; it is a major medical health issue. The greatest predominant cause of childhood obesity is a discrepancy in energy balance. The physicians have commonly depended on changes in food consumption with exercise since there is no single treatment choice for obesity treatment . The prevention of childhood obesity is considered as the enduring, cost-effective solution to the problem of obesity, effective methods for it still indescribable. In summary, this study will overview the implications, and treatment options available for childhood obesity.

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