Diet, exercise, behavior: the promise and limits of lifestyle change.
The prevalent surge in childhood and adolescent obesity within the past 3 decades poses a significant challenge for many pediatric clinicians who are charged with treating this condition. Comprehensive, research-based pediatric obesity treatment programs are essential to addressing this problem and preventing the transition of obesity and its many comorbidities into adulthood. This paper will identify dietary, physical activity, and behavioral approaches to lifestyle change and describe how they are incorporated as part of multidisciplinary treatment interventions in youth. Specific tailoring of treatment programs to address age and varying degrees of overweight and obesity will also be presented along with recommendations for future research.
Bennett
Brian
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School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. bbenn1@lsuhsc.edu
Sothern
Melinda S
MS
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D004032:Diet; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015444:Exercise; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome