WHO publishes guidelines on integrated management of obesity in adolescents

7 October 2026

The World Health Organization published guidelines on the integrated management of obesity in adolescents.
The guidelines cover adolescents aged 10 to 19 and use a primary health care approach.
They are addressed to policy-makers, programme managers and health workers.
The recommendations span dietary interventions, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep, behaviour-changing interventions, digital health interventions, pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery and multimodal interventions.
WHO frames the guidelines as a response to the growing global burden of obesity.
The document runs to 133 pages and carries ISBN 978-92-4-012387-8.