Guided Self-Help vs Group Treatment for Children With Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) for children with obesity is provided in weekly parent and child groups over 6 months. A guided self-help FBT program (gshFBT) is provided to the dyad in short meetings. Both interventions provide the same content; however, gshFBT provides this content in less time (FBT = 23 hours, gshFBT = 5.3 hours). This study aimed to evaluate whether gshFBT is noninferior to FBT on child weight loss and cost-effectiveness.

Methods

150 children aged between 7.0 and 12.9 years with a BMI between the 85th and 99.9th percentile and their parent were recruited and randomized to a 6-month program of gshFBT (n = 75) or FBT (n = 75) and were followed 12 months post-treatment.

Results

A total of 150 children (mean age = 10.

SUBMITTER: Boutelle KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12088730 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature