Family-based treatment program contributors to child weight loss

Predictors of child weight loss and maintenance among family-based treatment completers.

OBJECTIVE To examine general and treatment-specific predictors of children's weight outcomes during a pediatric weight management trial. METHOD One hundred fifty overweight children-69.3% female; M body mass index (BMI) z score (z-BMI) = 2.21 ± 0.30-completed family-based behavioral weight loss treatment (FBT), followed by randomization to social facilitation maintenance (SFM) treatment addre...

Adherence to a behavioral weight loss treatment program enhances weight loss and improvements in biomarkers

OBJECTIVES To describe participants' adherence to multiple components (attendance, energy intake, fat gram, exercise goals, and self-monitoring eating and exercise behaviors) of a standard behavioral treatment program (SBT) for weight loss and how adherence to these components may influence weight loss and biomarkers (triglycerides, low density lipoproteins [LDL], high density lipoprotein, and ...

Parent weight change as a predictor of child weight change in family-based behavioral obesity treatment.

BACKGROUND Family-based behavioral weight control treatment involves the parent in the modification of child and parent eating and activity change. OBJECTIVE To assess if parent standardized body mass index (z-BMI) change predicts child z-BMI change. DESIGN Secondary data analysis based on parent and child z-BMI changes from 3 family-based, randomized, controlled weight control studies. Hie...

Children's and Parents' Depression in Relation to Family-Based Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment Outcome

Contributing Factors to BMI Decrease in Women undergoing Weight Loss Program

Background & Aims: One of the problems hindering people’s success in losing weight is their lack of knowledge about the limitations they face. The aim of this research was to investigate the contributing factors to BMI decrease in women referring to the clinic for weight reduction programs. Method: In this cross-sectional study, the medical files of 100 women (18-65 years old) with BMI>23, bein...