Disturbed eating behaviours do not impact treatment response in a paediatric obesity chronic care treatment programme.

Mette Fogh Morten Asp Vonsild LundPernille M MollerupMia Ø JohansenRikke H MelskensCaecilie TrierJulie T KloppenborgTorben Hansen Jens-Christian Holm

Published in: Journal of paediatrics and child health (2019)

Disturbed eating behaviours were highly prevalent in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity, and varied with age and sex. After 1 year of treatment, the degree of obesity improved, regardless of the presence of disturbed eating behaviours at treatment initiation.

Keyphrases

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double blind