Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial.

ABSTRACT: Background: Despite modest mean body mass index (BMI) improvements in pediatric weight management interventions (PWMIs), some children are more and less successful in achieving a healthier weight. We sought to understand key behavior modifications and strategies used to overcome barriers that led to success or nonresponse. Methods: Using a semistructured guide, we conducted interviews in English and Spanish to explore the perspectives of caregivers whose children responded (BMI z-score change of greater than or equal to -0.2 units over 1 year) or did not respond (≥5% increase in % of the 95th percentile for BMI over 1 year) to a PWMI. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then coded using the framework approach. Researchers met regularly to review coding, c

SUBMITTER: Fay C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature