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Treatment of obese children with and without their mothers: changes in weight and blood pressure.

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Brownell, KD; Kelman, JH; Stunkard, AJ
Published in: Pediatrics
April 1983

Weight and blood pressure changes were evaluated in a 16-month controlled trial comparing three methods of involving mothers in the treatment of their obese adolescents (aged 12 to 16 years). The treatments were: (1) Mother-Child Separately--children and mothers attended separate groups; (2) Mother-Child Together--the children and mothers met together in the same group; and (3) Child Alone--the children met in groups and mothers were not involved. The program consisted of behavior modification, social support, nutrition, and exercise. The Mother-Child Separately group lost more weight (8.4 kg) during treatment than did the other two groups (5.3 and 3.3 kg). Differences between the groups increased at the 1-year follow-up: compared to pretreatment weight, the Mother-Child Separately group lost 7.7 kg compared with gains of approximately 3 kg in the other two groups. Blood pressures of children with the highest initial pressures decreased by 16/9 mm Hg at the end of treatment and by 16/5 mm Hg at the 1-year follow-up. These results suggest that a program of behavior modification and parent involvement can lead to significant weight losses in obese children, and that the nature of parent involvement may be important.

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Published In

Pediatrics

EISSN

1098-4275

ISSN

0031-4005

Publication Date

April 1983

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

515 / 523

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Physical Education and Training
  • Pediatrics
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Obesity
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Brownell, K. D., Kelman, J. H., & Stunkard, A. J. (1983). Treatment of obese children with and without their mothers: changes in weight and blood pressure. Pediatrics, 71(4), 515–523.
Brownell, K. D., J. H. Kelman, and A. J. Stunkard. “Treatment of obese children with and without their mothers: changes in weight and blood pressure.Pediatrics 71, no. 4 (April 1983): 515–23.
Brownell KD, Kelman JH, Stunkard AJ. Treatment of obese children with and without their mothers: changes in weight and blood pressure. Pediatrics. 1983 Apr;71(4):515–23.
Brownell, K. D., et al. “Treatment of obese children with and without their mothers: changes in weight and blood pressure.Pediatrics, vol. 71, no. 4, Apr. 1983, pp. 515–23.
Brownell KD, Kelman JH, Stunkard AJ. Treatment of obese children with and without their mothers: changes in weight and blood pressure. Pediatrics. 1983 Apr;71(4):515–523.

Published In

Pediatrics

EISSN

1098-4275

ISSN

0031-4005

Publication Date

April 1983

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

515 / 523

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Physical Education and Training
  • Pediatrics
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Obesity
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female