A hospital-based child and adolescent overweight and obesity treatment protocol transferred into a community healthcare setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the pandemic of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, improvements in overweight and obesity treatment availability and accessibility are needed.

Methods

In this prospective study, we investigated if reductions in body mass index (BMI) standard deviation scores (SDS) and waist circumference (WC) would occur during 1.5 years of community-based overweight and obesity treatment based upon an effective hospital-based overweight and obesity treatment protocol, The Children's Obesity Clinics' Treatment protocol. Height, weight, and WC were measured at all consultations. Changes in BMI SDS and WC were analyzed using linear mixed models based upon the repeated measures in each child.

Results

From June 2012 to January 2015, 1,001 children (455 boys) we

SUBMITTER: Mollerup PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5338817 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature