title: [Results of an outpatient intervention for obese children and adolescents].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aim of this study was to examine effects of an outpatient intervention program for obese children.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 obese children were treated with a cognitive-behavioural intervention program (IG) and were compared with 21 children of a waiting list (WG). Weight, self esteem, emotional and behaviour problems were measured at the beginning (T0) and the end (of T1) of the intervention. Additionally, predictors of therapy success were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intervention program lead to a moderate reduction of weight, whereas there was no weight reduction in the waiting group. Furthermore, self esteem increased and emotional problems decreased in the IG. Neither a positive family history of obesity nor the weight at T0 did predict treatment outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obese children profited from the cognitive-behavioral intervention program, weight reduction was, however, only moderate. Therefore, specific predictors for therapy success should be evaluated in further studies.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald im Hanse-Klinikum Stralsund. barnow@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barnow
authors.forename: Malte
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stopsack
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bernheim
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fusch
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lauffer
authors.forename: Harald J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freyberger
authors.forename: Hans J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Grabe
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spitzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010045:Outpatients; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss