Pediatric offices deliver family-based obesity treatment with lasting benefits, trial finds

Childhood obesity affects 1 in 5 children in the U.S., yet most families have limited access to specialized weight-management programs for children.

Now, a large clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis, the University of Rochester Medical Center, the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has shown that an effective, family-based treatment model can be delivered in primary care settings to treat children and adolescents with obesity. ...