Twitter users across the platform scorched a recent proclamation by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommending medications and surgeries on youth to prevent obesity.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines recommending drastic medical solutions toThe guideline for"Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity" discussed treating obesity with a variety of methods, some of which have stirred controversy.
Radiologist and National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker said,"This really is questionable at best." "Children don't need meds and surgeries for every ailment we afflict them with," Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon wrote."They just need to eat less, play outside more, and not be groomed into a dangerous sex-obsessed gender cult.""Rather than pushing pills on these kids, how about making the food supply less processed and more natural? How about reducing added sugar?" he asked.
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