Dose, Content, and Mediators of Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial

• Published in: JAMA pediatrics Vol. 171; no. 12; p. 1151
• Main Authors: Wilfley, Denise E, Saelens, Brian E, Stein, Richard I, Best, John R, Kolko, Rachel P, Schechtman, Kenneth B, Wallendorf, Michael, Welch, R Robinson, Perri, Michael G, Epstein, Leonard H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior Therapy - methods; Body Mass Index; Child; Child Behavior; Exercise; Family Therapy - methods; Feeding Behavior; Female; Health Behavior; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Parent-Child Relations; Parents - education; Parents - psychology; Pediatric Obesity - physiopathology; Pediatric Obesity - psychology; Pediatric Obesity - therapy; Social Facilitation; Treatment Outcome; Weight Loss

Elucidation of optimal dosing and treatment content is critical for health care providers, payers, and policy makers, as well as mechanisms of change to inform intervention delivery and training initiatives for childhood obesity. To evaluate effects, following a 4-month family-based behavioral weigh...