Effective dietary therapies for pediatric obesity treatment.
Dietary changes combined with behavioral management techniques, such as short term attainable goal setting, is effective for treating pediatric obesity. Dietary interventions combined with increasing physical activity are essential for weight loss. We review the basic nutrition concepts that should be employed to treat pediatric obesity and summarize the available literature on effective dietary interventions that have been studied to date.
Fitch
Angela
A
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Pediatric Weight Management Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55122, USA. AFITCH2@Fairview.org
Bock
Jenny
J
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss
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