Adolescent Higher Body Weight

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Risks & contraindications

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Adolescents with higher body weight have 13-fold higher odds of impaired psychosocial health compared with low-risk peers. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
• More than 80% of adolescents in Canadian paediatric weight management clinics have at least one mental health disorder or social stressor. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
• Attrition rates around 40% are common in paediatric weight management clinics in Canada and the USA. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
• Behavioural lifestyle interventions for adolescents with higher body weight have generally produced only modest weight loss and small quality-of-life improvements. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
• The trial uses a destigmatising approach that targets behaviours rather than a specific weight goal. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
• Behavioural lifestyle interventions have not been shown in recent reviews to increase depression, anxiety, or eating disorder risk in adolescents with higher body weight. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
• About 50% of adolescents presenting to Canadian paediatric weight management centres are expected to have mild-to-moderate depression. — Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada