Childhood obesity is associated with increased medical and psychosocial consequences
and mortality and effective interventions are urgently needed. Effective interventions are …

Background: A key challenge in managing pediatric obesity is the high degree of program
attrition, which can reduce therapeutic benefits and contribute to inefficient health services …

In the United States, 16% of children ages 6 to 19 are between the 85th and 95th percentiles
of body mass index (BMI) for age and 18.7% are at or above the 95th percentile. 1 Rates of …

The increasing availability of personal genomic tests has led to discussions about the
validity and utility of such tests and the balance of benefits and harms. A multidisciplinary …

Background Family-based interventions are efficacious at preventing and controlling
childhood overweight and obesity; however, implementation is often hindered by low parent …

Background eHealth interventions can reach large populations and are effective in
increasing physical activity (PA) and fruit and vegetable intake. Nevertheless, the effects of …

Pediatric tertiary care institutions are well positioned to provide multidisciplinary, intensive
interventions for pediatric obesity known as stage 3 treatment. One contributor to the …

Obese children have attended weight loss camps and residential programmes for more than
40 years. This paper provides the first systematic review of the effects of those programmes …

The purpose of this study was to develop an adaptive behavioral treatment for African
American adolescents with obesity. In a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial …

Racism-related stress poses a significant risk to the mental health functioning of many
African American youth during the transition to adulthood. In light of the suggestion that …