Treat childhood obesity by reducing stigma, adding options, say new Canadian guidelines – CBC

GLP-1s like Ozempic among recommendations in new guidelines for physicians

Apr 14, 2025

Brenndon Goodman was nine years old when a doctor told him he would be dead by 30 if he couldn’t get his weight under control.

“You’re going through all the issues a normal nine-year-old goes through. On top of that, also being told you’re overweight, you’re an aberration. For me, I felt like I was a failure,” said Goodman, 30, who lives in Thornhill, Ont.

He said he remembers endless — and unhelpful — appointments at weight-loss programs that amounted to cookie-cutter diet plans and shame. What finally worked was when a team of doctors, dietitians, specialists and psychologists at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children started telling him about the psychological and genetic aspects of obesity.

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