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2019, Contemporary Clinical TrialsCitation Excerpt :Increased rates of obesity in children are related to ‘adult’ diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension presenting during childhood [5]. Due to the alarming prevalence and impacts of childhood obesity [1–3], there is a large body of literature and numerous systematic reviews documenting the efficacy of family-based childhood obesity (FBCO) interventions [6–19]. Yet each of these programs vary in appeal from both an organizational perspective (e.g., costs and resources to deliver the intervention, expertise of those who will deliver the intervention) and family perspective (e.g. number of intervention sessions, number of contact hours, duration of the program).
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2012, Contemporary Clinical TrialsCitation Excerpt :Current 2010 United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations [17], which differ from expert consensus [6,7], do not recommend screening for obesity in children less than 6 years given the lack of sufficient evidence for efficacious treatments directed towards younger children that are available to the primary care provider. A review of 31 family-based interventions published between 1977 and 2004 [18] showed only two studies that focused on very young children as their sample population [19,20], despite the high rates of overweight and obesity in children ages 5 and under [21,22]. The majority of research in the field has been conducted in motivated, middle class, Caucasian populations [10], but there is some evidence that family-based interventions for childhood obesity are also effective with more diverse populations.
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2011, Pediatric Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :A recent meta-analysis found that lifestyle interventions yield an average decrease in overweight percentage of 8.9% compared with education-only controls that yield an average increase of 2.7% at follow-up.38 Family-based behavioral weight loss treatments (FBTs) are lifestyle interventions that are typically regarded as the first line of treatment of childhood overweight and obesity due to their empirically demonstrated efficacy39–45 and relative safety compared with pharmacotherapy or bariatric surgery.40 Recent work indicates that children receiving a multicomponent FBT demonstrated significant decreases in overweight percentage and improvements in related comorbidities, whereas those receiving usual care did not exhibit changes in overweight percentage.46
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2011, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Another key component of lifestyle interventions is the involvement of the family for support. Family-based behavioral interventions, which include parents in the treatment process, have been demonstrated as effective in promoting weight control and healthy habit development over the past 30 years.87,94,97,98 Among treatment programs, several behavioral change components have been shown to support healthy weight control.
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This research was supported in part by Grant HD 16411 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Appreciation is expressed to Anthony Goreczny, Colleen McGowan, Diana Block, Janine Scotti, Janet Johnston, Kathy Nicolas, and especially Alice Valoski for assisting in the treatment, and to Dr. Creek and the staff at Falk School for providing space for the summer camp.