Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for ...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 11/30/2009 - 23:00

(Elsevier) 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.

In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers 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.

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