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2362 Human Growth and Development Academic Paragraph 3

Weight lose for Preschoolers

Research conducted by the University at Buffalo and the Women and Childrens Hospital of Buffalo and published in Pediatrics shows that overweight and obese preschoolers lost weight better when treatment targeted both parent and child compared to only when the child was targeted. Children who were overweight or obese enrolled were enrolled in the program and had one parent who was either overweight or obese participate with them. During the study the children were treated concurrently with their parent showed more appropriate weight gain while growing normally in height. According to Teresa A. Quattrin M.D. senior author and UB Professor,the results showed that children in the intervention group gained an average of 12 pounds which was appropriate for the height growth. The children in the control group gained about 16 pounds during the study, the more appropriate weight gain resulted in a decrease of 0.21 in the BMI of these children. The parents in the study lost about 14 pounds. The results show that traditional weight loss approach is obsolete. The study also shows that obese children and parents can be successfully treated in the primary care setting without the use of specialty clinics.

Quattrin, T.A., Treatment Outcomes of Overweight Children and Parents in the Medical Home, Pediatrics, 2014.

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