Major Compulsory Revisions

Dear Editor, thank you for the careful revision of our manuscript: " A family–based educational approach to obesity: a three-year study " , to be considered for publication as a Research article in " BMC Pediatrics ". We changed the text according to the reviewers' suggestions. We also provided a letter with a point-by-point answer to the reviewers' comments. We made the required changes to the manuscript's format and entered the references according to the standard style of your Journal (Microsoft Word Template). We also provided figures as separate files, after trimming them to optimise the space. Dear Dr. Braet, thank you for your careful revision of our manuscript. Of course, we do know your papers and share your opinion that, actually, prompted us to start and develop our therapeutic education program. In particular, we refer to your article " Long –Term Follow-Up of a cognitive Behavioural Treatment Program for Obese Children " (Behav Ther 2000; 31: 55-74), where you describe an advice-in-one-session, educational approach in the treatment of obese children. As to your remarks, please find here in our point-by-point answers.