对于已经超重肥胖的青少年，丁钢强建议，除主动科学地安排膳食与运动外，青少年处于特殊的生理阶段，应避免使用饥饿或半饥饿疗法来控制和减轻体重，切不可盲目服用减肥药品。
For those adolescents who are already overweight and obese, Ding Gangqiang advised that starvation therapy or semi-starvation therapy should be avoided to control and lose weight in addition to the active and scientific arrangement of diet and movement since the adolescents are in a special physiological stage. They should not take drugs blindly to lose weight.