Treating obesity in children and adolescents: a review.

Researchers and health practitioners are becoming increasingly concerned with the problems associated with obesity among children and adolescents. Obesity tends to persist into adulthood and to be associated with a variety of physical and psychological problems. Treatment approaches used to date are...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 143 - 152
Autores principales: Coates TJ, Thoresen CE
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: American Public Health Association Feb1978
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        Obesity treatment
        Nutrition counseling
        Exercise
        Behavior therapy
        Childhood obesity
        Metabolic disorders in children
        Adolescent obesity
        Diseases in teenagers
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          Nutrition counseling
          Exercise
          Behavior therapy
          Childhood obesity
          Metabolic disorders in children
          Adolescent obesity
          Diseases in teenagers
          Public health
      ab: Researchers and health practitioners are becoming increasingly concerned with the problems associated with obesity among children and adolescents. Obesity tends to persist into adulthood and to be associated with a variety of physical and psychological problems. Treatment approaches used to date are generally impotent, but some promising short-term results have been achieved with some forms of dietary counseling, exercise programs, total environmental management, and behavior therapy. But even with these strategies, clinically significant weight loss is rare and advances during treatment are rarely maintained. Radical departures from current treatment strategies are needed in the form of more structured and intensive treatments, family involvement, and training in problem solving. Closer adherence to sound scientific methodology might at least provide a foundation from which more effective treatments might be developed.
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