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| Title: | Comparing the impact of in-person vs. virtual 10-week family-based childhood obesity management program on anthropometric, cardiometabolic, and mental health outcomes | ||||
| Authors: | Heidl AJ, Sun D, Faustini C, Gierc M, Bains A, Cohen TR | ||||
| Link: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41332896/ | ||||
| DOI: | 10.3389/fped.2025.1669107 | ||||
| Publication: | Frontiers in pediatrics | ||||
| Keywords: | BYI-2; cardiometabolic markers; health behaviours; intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment; pediatric obesity; virtual program; | ||||
| PMID: | 41332896 | Category: | Date Added: | 2025-12-03 | |
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1 Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2 Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 4 Generation Health Clinic, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver BC, Canada . 5 BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Healthy Starts, Vancouver, BC, Canada. |
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Objectives: To compare differences in patient outcomes in individuals living with overweight and obesity who attended a 10-week multidisciplinary program delivered virtually vs. participants who completed the program in-person. Methods: Data from 27 youth (8-18 years old) who attended virtual programming were matched by sex and body mass index (BMI) z-scores to youth who completed in-person programming. Changes in anthropometric, biomarkers (glucose, lipids and liver enzymes) and mental health (Beck Youth Inventories, Second Edition; "BYI-2") were compared across groups. Results: BMI z-scores did not differ between groups (p = 0.88). Cardiometabolic measurements showed no significant differences at 10-weeks for any parameter, and there were no significant differences in BYI-2T-scores across groups (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The mode of delivery of a pediatric multidisciplinary family-based program was not associated with significant differences in participant outcomes, suggesting that both modes of delivery are effective. |
