Child & Adolescent Obesity Treatment

Since 2004 PI Grace O’Malley has translated research evidence into paediatric clinical practice in Ireland and the United States.
Child and adolescent obesity treatment has evolved from a focus on obesity as a risk factor to an understanding of how obesity can independently affect health, development and quality of life in growing children. We are beginning to understand when and how to diagnose the disease of obesity . In turn, evidence-based approaches to manage obesity over the long-term must be implemented in our health services.
See further detail in the projects below: