in adults but has been relatively unexplored in youth. We investigated the importance of
early weight change in a pediatric weight control trial. METHODS: Overweight children aged
7 to 12 years (n= 204) participated in a randomized controlled trial of 2 weight maintenance
treatments (MTs) after a 20-week family-based behavioral weight loss treatment (FBT).
Hierarchical regression was used to investigate the relation between children's percentage …