Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the efficacy of a family‐based treatment programme for paediatric obesity

• Published in: Pediatric obesity Vol. 16; no. 10; pp. e12792 - n/a
• Main Authors: Davison, Genevieve M., Fowler, Lauren A., Ramel, Melissa, Stein, Richard I., Conlon, Rachel P.K., Saelens, Brian E., Welch, R. Robinson, Perri, Michael G., Epstein, Leonard H., Wilfley, Denise E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; childhood obesity; Childrens health; Family; Family income; family‐based treatment; Female; health disparities; Humans; income; Male; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control; Pediatrics; Poverty; Race; Social Class; Social Status; Socioeconomic factors; Weight control; weight loss; income; weight loss; family-based treatment; health disparities; race; childhood obesity

Summary Background Family‐based behavioural weight loss treatment (FBT) is an evidence‐based intervention for paediatric overweight/obesity (OV/OB), but little research has examined the relative efficacy of FBT across socioeconomic status (SES), and racial groups. Method A total of 172 youth (7‐11 y...