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Obesity; ePub 2017 Oct 6; Balantekin, Hayes, et al

Publish date:: October 13, 2017

Family-based behavioral weight loss treatment reduced eating disorder risk in a study involving 241 children. Participants answered questions about emotional eating, shape/weight/eating concerns, restraint, and loss of control. They then took part in 16 sessions of family-based treatment. Among the results:

4 patterns were seen: low eating disorder pathology, shape and weight concerns, loss of control, and high eating disorder pathology.
Shape and weight concerns decreased across treatment, with the highest decreases in patterns characterized by high shape and weight concerns.
While all groups experienced significant decreases in zBMI, children with the highest eating disorder pathology did not achieve meaningful weight loss.

Citation:

Balentekin, K, Hayes, J, Sheinbein D, et al. Patterns of eating disorder pathology are associated with weight change in family-based behavioral obesity treatment. [Published online ahead of print October 6, 2017]. Obesity. doi:10.1002/oby.22028.

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