- Title
- One-on-one lifestyle coaching for managing adolescent obesity: findings from a pilot, randomized controlled trial in a real-world, clinical setting
- Creator
- Ball, Geoff D. C; Mackenzie-Rife, Kelly A.; Newton, Mandi S.; Alloway, Christina A.; Slack, Julie M.; Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Goran, Michael I.
- Relation
- Paediatrics & Child Health Vol. 16, Issue 6, p. 345-350
- Relation
- http://www.pulsus.com/journals/abstract.jsp?sCurrPg=abstract&jnlKy=5&atlKy=10111&isuKy=979&isArt=t&fromfold=Past+Issues%2CTable+Of+Contents&fold=Abstract
- Publisher
- Pulsus Group
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Interventions for obese adolescents in real-world, clinical settings need to be evaluated because most weight management care occurs in this context. To determine whether a lifestyle intervention that includes motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy (Health Initiatives Program [HIP]) leads to weight management that is superior to a similar lifestyle intervention (Youth Lifestyle Program [YLP]) that does not include these techniques; and to determine whether the HIP and YLP interventions are superior to a wait list control (WLC) group. Obese adolescents were randomly assigned to a YLP (n=15), HIP (n=17) or WLC (n=14) group. The YLP and HIP were 16-session, one-on-one interventions. The primary outcome was the percentage change of body mass index z-score. Completers-only analyses revealed 3.9% (YLP) and 6.5% (HIP) decreases in the percentage change of body mass index z-score compared with a 0.8% (WLC) increase (P<0.001). Levels of attrition did not differ among groups, but were relatively high (approximately 20% to 40%). Lifestyle interventions delivered in a real-world, clinical setting led to short-term improvements in the obesity status of adolescents.
- Subject
- adolescent; intervention; obesity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066007
- Identifier
- uon:17986
- Identifier
- ISSN:1205-7088
- Language
- eng
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