Excessive gestational weight gain is a prevalent problem and an independent predictor of
future obesity in both mothers and offspring. Intervention research to prevent excessive …

Aim: Childhood overweight and obesity is a significant community health problem with
severe long‐term complications. This paper aims to evaluate a four‐by‐two‐hour weekly …

Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common among youth, in parallel with the increasing
prevalence of obesity in pediatrics. Despite this, therapeutic modalities remain extremely …

OBJECTIVE: To test in the primary care setting the short-and long-term efficacy of a
behavioral intervention that simultaneously targeted an overweight child and parent versus …

Background Family environmental factors play a vital role in shaping children's health
practices (eg, obesity prevention). It is still unclear how parents' social support affects …

We evaluated a 12-week recreation center–based healthy lifestyle intervention for 30 obese
home-dwelling young adults (YA) with intellectual disabilities. Three cohorts participated: YA …

Background The familial environment can influence adolescents' risk for obesity. However,
we do not fully understand the mechanisms through which parents can influence …

Objective To develop and test a family‐centered behavioral weight loss intervention for
African American adults with type 2 diabetes. Methods In this randomized trial, dyads …

Introduction Previous reviews of family-based interventions for childhood obesity treatment
found that studies were of low methodological quality with inadequate details reported …

Background Dietary and lifestyle behaviors at young ages have been associated with the
development of various chronic diseases. Schools are regarded as an excellent setting for …