[Group therapy of obesity in children and youth (author's transl)].
There are social, family-bound and individual factors as a cause of obesity. Changes of weight in 326 pupils are demonstrated as results of a longitudinal control during their school-life. The need of prevention and therapy of obesity in children and youth is stressed. The author deals with the effect of a group therapy in 19 boys and 24 girls. She has proposals to help solving the social problems of obesity.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D005859:Germany, East; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*
Gruppentherapie adipöser Kinder und Jugendlicher