Background Parents are integral to the implementation of obesity prevention and
management recommendations for children. Exploration of barriers to and facilitators of …

OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the effect of a pediatric primary care–based intervention, on
improved clinical decision support and family management of risk behaviors for childhood …

OBJECTIVE: To test the effect of a culturally tailored, family-centered, short-term behavioral
intervention on BMI in Latino-American preschool-aged children. METHODS: In a …

Background The obesity epidemic has spared no age group, even young infants. Most
childhood obesity is incident by the age of 5 years, making prevention in preschool years a …

Importance Family-based weight loss treatment (FBT) is considered the gold-standard
treatment for childhood obesity and is provided to the parent and child. However, parent …

The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Duke
University Healthy Lifestyles Program (HLP), a primary care–based childhood obesity …

We evaluated the efficacy of a 6‐month clinic and home‐based behavioral intervention
(Learning about Activity and Understanding Nutrition for Child Health; LAUNCH) to reduce …

Abstract Purpose of Review Public health interventions that intervene on macrolevel
systems hold the promise of reducing childhood obesity at the population level through …

The objective of this technical report is to provide clinicians with evidence-based, actionable
information upon which to make assessment and treatment decisions for children and …

BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, childhood obesity has been recognized as an
increasing health problem worldwide. It is a predictor of obesity during adulthood, which is …