Predictors of Attrition and Weight Loss in an Adolescent Weight Control Program

2008141 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Elissa Jelalian · Hasbro (United States)

Chantelle N. Hart · Miriam Hospital

Robyn Mehlenbeck · Brown University

E. E. Lloyd-Richardson · Brown University

Jamie Kaplan · Miriam Hospital

Katherine T. Flynn‐O’Brien · Miriam Hospital

Rena R. Wing ·

Abstract

These findings highlight the potential importance of attending to parental BMI in efforts to retain adolescent participants in treatment, as well as the need to develop weight control interventions that are more effective for ethnic minority youth.

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Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Eating Disorders and Behaviors Obesity and Health Practices

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Published in: Obesity

Volume 16, Issue 6, pp. 1318-1323

DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.51

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.95

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Predictors of Attrition and Weight Loss in an Adolescent Weight Control Program

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