Obesity is a chronic condition associated with risk factors for many medical complications
and comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, some types of cancer, osteoarthritis …

Background Child and adolescent overweight and obesity has increased globally, and can
be associated with significant short‐and long‐term health consequences. This is an update …

The purpose of this study was to develop an adaptive behavioral treatment for African
American adolescents with obesity. In a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial …

Obesity is currently an important public health problem of epidemic proportions (globesity).
Inpatient rehabilitation interventions that aim at improving weight-loss, reducing obesity …

Family-centered childhood obesity interventions have been found to be effective. We
describe the use of telehealth for tailored behavior change support in a family-centered …

Obesity and being overweight could be real chronic conditions above all if there are other
complications such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, dyslipidemia …

Background High dropout rates and low compliance to pediatric weight-management
programs have been reported. Socioeconomic status (SES) and ethnicity have been …

Context A review of interventions addressing obesity disparities could reveal gaps in the
literature and provide guidance on future research, particularly for populations with a high …

Objective This study was aimed to examine patient enrolment in the pre‐intervention stage,
family‐reported barriers, attendance rates and underlying predictors of short‐term …

This study demonstrates how a multi-theoretical, multilevel process evaluation was used to
assess implementation of the Families Improving Together (FIT) for weight loss intervention …