Susanna Wiegand, Klaus-Michael Keller, Thomas Lob-Corzilius, Wilfried Pott, Thomas Reinehr, Markus Röbl, Rainer Stachow, Sabine Tuschy, Ingo Weidanz, Kurt Widhalm, Martina de Zwaan, Reinhard W Holl
BACKGROUND: Pediatric lifestyle interventions have positive short-term effects on obese patients. Studies on long-term effects are still scarce in Europe. We investigated long-term weight patterns and sociodemographic predictors of a weight change in a large Central European (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) overweight pediatric cohort. METHODS: The APV (Adiposity Patients Verlaufsbeobachtung) database was retrospectively analyzed; 157 specialized childhood obesity centers contributed standardized data of 29,181 patients [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 90th percentile; 5-25 years old] presenting between 2000 and 2012...
2014: Hormone Research in Pædiatrics