Weight control strategies for adolescents identified
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. Researchers have now evaluated differences in weight control behaviors, including dietary intake and physical activity, comparing overweight adolescents who lost weight and those who did not in order to better understand which strategies could be most effective.