Improvement in Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity Following the Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Personalized Lifestyle Intervention Program.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Childhood obesity is one of the most challenging contemporary public health problems. Children and adolescents with obesity experience multiple psychosocial difficulties, such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems, which persist for a long time. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of a multidisciplinary personalized lifestyle intervention for depressive and anxiety symptoms, as evaluated by psychometric questionnaires, and their effect and association with cardiometabolic parameters in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity before and after the intervention. Methods: Six hundred and eleven (n = 611) children and adolescents (mean age ± SE: 10.39 ± 0.10 years; 51.5% females, 46.6% pubertal) were studied

SUBMITTER: Vourdoumpa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11547602 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature