frontiers Frontiers in PediatricsTYPE Policy and Practice ReviewsPUBUSHED 03 February 2023D0110.3389fped.2022.1064108Check for updatesWeight managementOPEN ACCESSrecommendations for youth withEDITED BYCarol CurtinDown syndrome:ExpertUniversity of Massachusetts Medical SchoolUnited StatesrecommendationsREVIEWED BYNancy Browne,Self-employed,Falmouth.United StatesLauren T.Ptomey *Nicolas M.Oreskovic23,James A.Hendrix",Melissa Santos,Dominica Nichols and Stamatis AgiovlasitisConnecticut Children's Medical Center,United StatesDepartment of Intemal Medicine,University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City.KS.United States.*CORRES POND ENCEDepartments of Intemal Medicine and Pediatrics,Massachusetts General Hospital Boston.MA.United States.Lauren T.PtomeyDepartment of Pediatrics.Harvard Medical School Boston.MA.United States.LuMind IDSC Foundation.Burlington MA.United States.Department of Kinesiology.Mississippi State University.Mississippi State,MS.风Iptomey@kumc.eduUnited States'Currently,Eli Lilly and Co.Lilly CorporateCenter,Indianapolis,IN.United StatesYouth with Down syndrome (DS)have a higher prevalence of overweight and obesitySPECIALTY SECTIONThis article was submitted to Pediatric Obesity,compared to the general youth population.Due to physiological and cognitivea section of the joumal Frontiers in Pediatricsdifferences observed in youth with DS,weight management recommendationsRECEIED 12 October 2022developed for the general population.may not be suitable for youth with DS.ACCEPTED 30 December 2022However,there are no recent recommendations for weight management in youthPUBUSHED 03 February 2023with DS.A workgroup of clinicians and researchers with extensive experienceCITATIONworking with youth with DS came together to give clinicians and families guidancePtomey LT.Oreskovic NM,Hendrix JA.for weight management in youth with DS.Recommendations were developed byNichols D and Agiovlasitis S (2023]Weightthe workgroup via a methodical,deliberative process.After the initial developmentmanagement recommendations for youth withof the recommendations,they were shared with an expert review panel andDown syndrome:Expert recommendations.Front.Pediatr.10:1064108.caregivers who rated the strength of the recommendation and strength of thedo:10.3389/fped2022.1064108evidence.The workgroup moved forward the recommendations which the reviewCOPYRIGHTpanels rated as strong.Eight recommendations were developed which focused on2023 Ptomey.Oreskovic,Hendrix,Nicholsscreening for overweight and obesity,screening for health conditions that mayand AgioMlasitis.This is an open-access articleimpact dietary intake and physical activity.screening for feeding difficulties,settingdistributed under the terms of the Creativeappropriate recommendations for dietary intake and physical activity.and well asCommons Attribution License (CC BY).The use,distnbution or reproduction in other forums tsprevention and treatment of overweight and obesity using evidence-basedpermitted,provided
