National Institutes of Health Update: Translating Basic Behavioral Science into New Pediatric Obesity Interventions.
Pediatric obesity increases the risk of later-life obesity and chronic diseases. Basic research to better understand factors associated with excessive weight gain in early life and studies translating research findings into preventive and therapeutic strategies are essential to our ability to better prevent and treat childhood obesity. This overview describes several National Institutes of Health efforts designed to stimulate basic and translational research in childhood obesity prevention and treatment. These examples demonstrate the value of research in early phase translational pediatric obesity research and highlight some promising directions for this important area of research.
Health Behaviors Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 3E108, Rockville, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: Susan.Czajkowski@nih.gov.
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D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014481:United States
Basic behavioral science; Early phase behavioral translation; Intervention development; Obesity-related behavioral intervention trials (ORBIT) model; Pediatric obesity