Behavioral Interventions and Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Youth: Current Findings and Future Directions.

ABSTRACT: The identification and early intervention of pediatric obesity is critical to reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Family-based behavioral interventions have consistently demonstrated efficacy in reducing adiposity and CVD risk factors (i.e., blood pressure, cholesterol, fasting glucose levels, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome). Even modest weight loss in severely obese youth can lead to sustained improvement in CVD risk factors. However, weight regain following treatment cessation remains a challenge in the contemporary obesogenic environment. Intensive family-based interventions spanning socioenvironmental contexts (i.e., home, peer, community) show promise in sustaining weight loss in the long-term. Despite having effective treatments for pediatric obesity and CVD risk factors,

SUBMITTER: Vannucci A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3546817 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature