Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ352076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Long-Term Effects of Family-Based Treatment of Childhood Obesity.
Epstein, Leonard H.; And Others
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v55 n1 p91-95 Feb 1987
Provided a five-year follow-up of obese children who participated in a family-based behavioral weight control program targeting and reinforcing children and parents for weight loss. Children in the parent-plus-child group showed significantly greater weight reductions after five years than did children in control groups. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Children, Family Counseling, Followup Studies, Obesity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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