American Heart Association Creates A New Class Of Risk For The 5 Percent of Children And Teens Who Are Severely Obese

Five Percent Of US Children, Teens Classified As "Severely Obese."  Science Daily.  September 9, 2013.

(1)  Severe obesity is a much more serious childhood illness than ____________.

(2)  Severe obesity has ___________ while childhood obesity has __________.

(3)  Treatment options for severely obese children are ___________ and standard approaches to weight loss are ________________.

(4)  Severely obesity is defined as a BMI that is at least ______________ than the _______ percentile for their gender and age.

(5)  The step-wise approach for treating severely obese children moves from ___________ change, to __________, and potentially ___________.

(6)  Among the ways the AHA statement suggests to close the gap between lifestyle change and surgery is recognizing severe obesity as a ____________ requiring _______________.