title: [Comparative study of medical advice and cognitive-behavioral group therapy in the treatment of child-adolescent obesity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of medical advice and cognitive-behavioral group therapy in the treatment of primary obesity in children and adolescents 7 to 15 years old.
  
  
  METHODS
  From five primary care centers 353 subjects (176 boys and 177 girls) were recruited and assigned to three groups. These groups were: medical advice (Group 1), cognitive-behavioral group therapy (Group 2) and those that rejected all treatments (Group 3). Forty variables were controlled and studied for association with prognosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant, but modest decrease in relative body mass index was noted in groups 1 and 2 in the first 6 months, but at two years no differences between the three groups were detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is concluded that cognitive-behavioral group therapy is not more effective than medical advice in our population and neither had a significant effect at two years when compared to no treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Dr. Mendiguchia, Leganés, Madrid.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bustos Lozano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moreno Martín
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Calderín Marrero
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Martínez Quesada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz Martínez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arana Cañedo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group