ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2022
The association between weight loss and long term development in quality-of-life among children living with obesity: a pragmatic descriptive intervention study.
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- The role of motivation in weight reduction programs for children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Pooled it
- Feasibility and efficacy of adding high-intensity interval training to a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in children with obesity-a randomized controlled trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Trial
- Long-term changes in psychosocial well-being in children with obesity deciding not to participate in a lifestyle intervention.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Observational
- Turning the Tide on Childhood Overweight and Obesity: More Than a Decade of Positive Change Among 4-Year-Olds in Northern Sweden.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
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- Long-Term Change in BMI for Children with Obesity Treated in Family-Centered Lifestyle Interventions.Obesity facts · 2024Observational
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood obesity is associated with impaired Quality-of-Life (QoL), increased stigmatization and higher risk of development of depression compared to their peers. This report describes the long-term development in QoL for cohort of children with obesity after a sustainable weight reduction.
methodsThis pragmatic descriptive intervention study enrolled 120 children with obesity, age 5-17 years, in a multifactorial lifestyle intervention. The intervention was an across sectors collaboration between a department of pediatrics and community health care workers. QoL was assessed yearly throughout the intervention and evaluated by a 6-item Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). For analyzing changes in VAS, as function BMI-SDS, regression models were used, while ANOVA and Wilcoxon test were applied for normal and not-normal distributed data. 95% confidence interval not containing 0 and p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
resultsAfter 26.4 months (13.9 SD) an overall decrease in bullying (0.6 vs. 0.0 median) and motivation (10.0 vs. 9.6) was observed. QoL increased in children with a BMI-SDS reduction (0.65 (2.49 SD)) opposite children with no-change or increasing BMI-SDS who reported reduced QoL (-0.36 (1.55 SD) and -0.96 (2.27 SD)). A significant inverse relationship was observed for Joy of Life, QoL and body perception as a function of BMI-SDS per year.
conclusionWeight reduction causes improvement in QoL for children with obesity and an inverse relationship for QoL and changing BMI-SDS / year was establish.
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