Journal article
The Association Between Weight Loss in Caregivers and Adolescents in a Treatment Trial of Adolescents With Obesity
Journal of pediatric psychology, v 38(7), pp 766-774
01 Aug 2013
PMID: 23629145
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Abstract
Objective
The relationship between weight change in caregivers and their adolescents was evaluated following a randomized trial of lifestyle modification for adolescents, which included either a conventional diet or meal replacements.
Methods
Adolescents (
N
= 113) had an
M
± SD age of 15.0 ± 1.3 years (62% African American; 26% Caucasian, 12% other; 81% female) and body mass index of 37.1 ± 5.1 kg/m
2
.
Results
Mixed effects models yielded a significant association between percentage change in body mass index of caregivers and adolescents from baseline to months 4 and 12 (
p
= .01). When caregivers lost above the median (−1.67%) at month 4, their adolescents achieved a significantly greater loss at month 12 (−9.1 ± 1.3%) compared with adolescents whose caregivers lost less than the median (−4.3 ± 1.3%) (
p
= .003).
Conclusion
Engaging caregivers in their own weight loss efforts during adolescent weight loss treatment may improve adolescent weight loss.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- The Association Between Weight Loss in Caregivers and Adolescents in a Treatment Trial of Adolescents With Obesity
- Creators
- Melissa S. Xanthopoulos - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaReneé H. Moore - North Carolina State UniversityThomas A. Wadden - University of PennsylvaniaChanelle T. Bishop-Gilyard - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaChristine A. Gehrman - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRobert I. Berkowitz - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric psychology, v 38(7), pp 766-774
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000322574100008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84880966418
- Other Identifier
- 991021448167804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental