The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention on Health Parameters in Children versus Adolescents with Severe Obesity.

ABSTRACT: Lifestyle interventions are the common treatment for children and adolescents with severe obesity. The efficacy of these interventions across age groups remain unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention on health parameters between children and adolescents with severe obesity. A longitudinal design was carried out at the Centre for Overweight Adolescent and Children's Healthcare (COACH) between December 2010 and June 2020. Children (2-11 years old, n = 83) and adolescents (12-18 years old, n = 77) with severe obesity received a long-term, tailored, multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention. After 1 year, 24 children (28.9%) and 33 adolescents (42.9%) dropped out of the intervention. The primary outcome was the change in body mass index (BMI

SUBMITTER: van de Pas KGH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9102173 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature