Family Intervention for Obese/Overweight Children Using Portion Control Strategy (FOCUS) for Weight Control

• Main Authors: Josephine Ho MD (Author), Sue D. Pedersen MD (Author), Heidi Virtanen BSc (Author), Alberto Nettel-Aguirre PhD (Author), Carol Huang MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nutritional counseling for children with obesity is an important component of management. This randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare change in body mass index (BMI) z score after 6 months. Children 8 to 16 years with a BMI greater than the 85th percentile were randomized to standard o...