Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health ...

According to a new study, self-guided family therapy for obesity could work just as well as traditional approaches at a fraction of the cost.

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health care professional works with the family to help children lose weight by ...

Gut microbiota plays a critical role in childhood obesity by influencing energy metabolism, inflammation, and appetite ...

"Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment," authored by Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory’s Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr.

The team categorized pediatric obesity treatment response, based on changes in body mass index standard deviation score, as ...

Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health. When these children and teens lose ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment ... which was partly involved in the study design and interpretation of data, but not in data collection or analysis.

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

Compared with poor response, good response to obesity treatment was associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes (adjusted ...

Treating the growing problem of childhood obesity calls for exploring new approaches and treatments through well-designed ...

The air that women breathe up to three months before they become pregnant can have an effect on the future baby’s size. A ...