Obese young people
The global problem of obesity in childhood and adolescence has been hotly debated and there is no consensus about the exact role that primary care services should play in tackling it. A recent Dutch study sought to identify health profiles of underweight, overweight, and obese young people attending general practice and compare them with normal-weight youth.1 The study included 683 young people aged between 14 and 24 years of age. They found that GPs were consulted more often by overweight and obese youth, although the reasons for consultation were no different than their normal-weight …