Child Obesity: Using Attention modification program to decrease overeating in obese children
Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 05:00
in Health & Medicine
Attention modification programs, which train a person to ignore or disregard specific, problematic cues or triggers, have been used effectively to treat cases of anxiety and substance abuse. In a novel study published this week, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry reports using a single session of attention modification to decrease overeating in obese children.