Protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility study of a coordinated parent/child weight loss intervention: Dyad Plus.

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of in youth with overweight and obesity is a global health concern, necessitating clinical interventions to treat obesity effectively through lifestyle modification. Interventions in adolescents have demonstrated improvements in healthy eating and physical activity with only modest weight loss outcomes. Consequently, there is growing interest in developing strategies to enhance the effectiveness of clinical interventions in adolescents. Targeting the family system can be an effective approach, but existing studies have failed to examine the impact of co-enrolling both the adolescent and adult in individually tailored weight loss programs and coordinating the adolescent/adult weight loss efforts. This paper reports on the design and conceptual framework of the Dyad Plus study

SUBMITTER: Dilley JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8078845 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature