Opportunities and Cautions in the Use of Commercially Delivered Weight-Management Programs for Children and Adolescents

J Pediatr. 2017 Jun:185:12-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.02.068. Epub 2017 Mar 15.

Authors

Callie L Brown¹, Joseph A Skelton²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics Department of Epidemiology and Prevention Wake Forest School of Medicine; Brenner FIT (Families In Training) Program Brenner Children's Hospital Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: calbrown@wakehealth.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics Department of Epidemiology and Prevention Wake Forest School of Medicine; Brenner FIT (Families In Training) Program Brenner Children's Hospital Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

PMID: 28318528
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.02.068

No abstract available

Keywords: children; diet; obesity; weight loss.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Humans
Overweight / therapy*
Weight Loss
Weight Reduction Programs*