title: A randomized pilot study of multisystemic therapy targeting obesity in African-American adolescents.
abstract: Adolescents with obesity (N = 48) and their caregivers were randomized to Multisystemic Therapy (MST) or a group weight-loss intervention. MST adolescents significantly reduced percents overweight and body fat, while control adolescents did not. Treatments such as MST that can intervene in the multiple systems that influence weight are worthy of further study.
authors.affiliation: Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA. snaarkin@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naar-King
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kolmodin
authors.forename: Phillippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: K-L Catherine
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Jen
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saelens
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brogan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*