Sylvie Naar-King

New Directions in Behavioral Intervention Development for Pediatric Obesity, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

ISBN: 978-0-323-44627-3
EAN: 9780323446273
Produktnummer: 36925959
Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Plattform: EPUB

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Almost one out of every three US children is overweight or obese, with minority youth at highest risk. There are limited efficacious pediatric obesity interventions available for clinicians, and successful weight loss trials for minority youth are rare. Even fewer interventions have been shown to significantly improve clinical health outcomes such as adiposity, blood pressure, and cholesterol level, and maintenance of behavior change over the long-term remains a challenge Translation I research in which bench findings are applied to the bedside is uncommon in the behavioral arena. Thus, advances in our understanding of fundamental human proce… Mehr