[Long-term inpatient treatment of extreme juvenile obesity: an 18-month catamnestic study].
Eighteen months after completion of long-term treatment of 98 extremely overweight juveniles in the rehabilitation center Insula, this study revealed an improvement in the age-specific body mass index (BMI-SDS) in 55.1% of the cases, when all the non-responders (approx. 22%) were evaluated as failures. An improvement of at least 0.2 or 0.5 BMI SDS points was achieved in 41.8% and 21.4%, respectively.
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Arztlicher Leiter Adipositas Rehazentrum Insula, Strub/Bischofswiesen. wolfgang-siegfried@t-online.de
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Wabitsch
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013177:Sports; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome