An addiction model-based mobile health weight loss intervention in adolescents with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical approaches to treating childhood obesity can be expensive and poorly reimbursed, and often produce suboptimal results. It has been theorized that overeating may have addictive qualities, and a sizable number of adolescents with obesity endorse addictive habits. Interestingly, few weight management interventions have tested techniques founded in addiction medicine principles. We therefore performed a pilot study of an addiction model based mHealth weight loss intervention in adolescents.

Methods

Adolescents with obesity were recruited from an multidisciplinary weight management clinic (EMPOWER). Adolescents without significant obesity comorbidities, who exhibited signs of addictive eating, based on the Yale Food Addiction Scale, were enrolled in a pilot st

SUBMITTER: Vidmar AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338524 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature