...Aleksandra Mojkowska; Krzysztof Sobczak; Katarzyna Leoniuk; Michał Henzler; Marek Jackowski Introduction: Proper diagnosis of obesity, its severity, and complications and their effective treatment requires an interdisciplinary healthcare approach. Nevertheless, obesity remains under-identified...

...Verónica Vázquez-Velázquez; Eduardo García García Introduction: Existing evidence indicates that the best treatment model for obesity leading to successful weight loss consists of a so-called comprehensive lifestyle intervention program, but the offer, implementation, and coverage of these kinds...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Obesity Overweight Children Adolescents Prevalence Determinants Prevention Management Treatment National strategy Local strategy Integrated-systems approach...

...Özgür Albayrak; Wilfried Pott; Johannes Hebebrand; Martina de Zwaan; Ursula Pauli-Pott Objective: Current lifestyle interventions for children and adolescents with obesity often exclude patients with an eating pathology, leaving the impact of eating pathologies on treatment outcomes largely...

...Riccardo Dalle Grave; Simona Calugi; Angelo Compare; Marwan El Ghoch; Maria Letizia Petroni; Franco Tomasi; Gloria Mazzali; Giulio Marchesini Objective: The analysis of the relation between weight loss goals and attrition in the treatment of obesity has produced conflicting results. The aim...

... or maintaining fat-free mass and decreasing fat mass. Management of co-morbidities, improving quality of life and well-being of obese patients are also included in treatment aims. This statement emphasises the importance of a comprehensive approach to obesity management. 9 10 2013 8 11 2013 26 3...

... months of treatment was predicted by more weekly sleep at baseline (R 2 = 0.113, F(1, 80) = 10.2, p = 0.002). Adolescents who reduced their BMI by ≥1 kg/m 2 reported greater weekly sleep at baseline compared to adolescents who experienced <1 kg/m 2 reduction (60.7 ± 7.5 h vs. 56.4 ± 8.6 h; F(1, 80...

...Diana Pérez-Salgado; Jesús Valdés Flores; Ian Janssen; Luis Ortiz-Hernández Objectives: To quantify the access to diagnosis and treatment of obesity and intentional weight loss among obese adults in Mexico and to identify the sociodemographic factors related to these events. Methods: The 2006...

..., contradictory advice and expectations of treatment and lack of effective support strategies. Conclusion: Focus groups deliver important information on local issues that are important for the development and implementation of a childhood overweight management action plan. And, besides delivering necessary...

...Silje Steinsbekk; Lars Wichstrøm; Rønnaug Ødegård; Ingar Mehus Objective: The aim of the current study was to examine to what extent changes in reported energy intake and physical activity predict changes in body fat during a family-based outpatient treatment of obesity in children. Methods: Total...

.... The objectives of this paper are to systematically review the literature concerning correlates and treatment of obesity in military populations. Methods: Through computerised searches of English language studies, 17 papers were identified (treatment (13), correlates (4)). Results: Successful treatment...

... to in the content or advertisements. Effectiveness Audit Obesity Treatment Commercial slimming organisation Original Article Obes Facts 2011;4:113 120 DOI: 10.1159/000327249 Published online: March 28, 2011 Weight Outcomes Audit for 34,271 Adults Referred to a Primary Care/Commercial Weight Management...

... with individualized but often ineffective treatments like psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, or propose alterations to specific components of the ‘toxic environment’, cultural influences, and psychosocial factors purported to cause overeating. This paper presents an alternative perspective and proposes a potential...