Psychotherapy as an Intervention for Child ObesityCarl-Erik FlodmarkGlobal Perspectives on Childhood Obesity (Second Edition)
Chapter 37 – Psychotherapy as an Intervention for Child ObesityThis chapter reviews studies that show family therapy to be effective in preventing the development of gross obesity during childhood. Furthermore, behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy show long-term effects. Many studies...
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The increase in childhood obesity since the 1980s has not been the result of genetic changes in the population, but is attributable to environmental changes favoring sedentary lifestyles and food over-consumption. However, obesity risk is not equal across the population – there are wide individual...
"By contrast, the beneficial effects of the POI sleep intervention on the children's weight were intriguing and quite substantial," they say. Professor Rachael Taylor says the findings were also surprising because although international studies have shown thatpoor sleepis associated with obesity in ch...
Childhood obesity can affect children’s health for the rest of their lives; it is directly associated with adult obesity, itself associated with many health problems. A good understanding of the causes and consequences of this problem is necessary in or
Recent research from the Karolinska Institute, published in The International Journal of Obesity, has demonstrated that early intervention in treating childhood obesity is effective in both short-term and long-term scenarios. The study tracked more than 170 children in Sweden, all of whom h...
Many states lack specific nutrition and physical activity regulations related to childhood obesity for child care facilities. If widely implemented, enhancing state regulations could help address the obesity epidemic in young children in the United States. ...
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child abuse, some programs had the potential of being cost-saving over the longer-term. Interventions were not cost-effective for the treatment of autism and obesity. Future research should include a broader spectrum of societal costs and quality-of-life impacts on both children and their ...