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- Title
Familial approach to the treatment of childhood obesity: conceptual mode.
- Authors
Golan, M; Weizman, A
- Abstract
This model for the management of childhood obesity uses a family-based approach. Change is delivered through the parents (instead of the obese child) emphasizing a healthy lifestyle and not weight reduction as in previously published, family-based management of childhood obesity. This intervention integrates behavioral, social learning, and family system approaches. The proposed approach includes changes in parental cognition, emphasizing "parenthood presence"; parents serve both as a source of authority and a role model for the obese child, providing a family environment that fosters healthy practices related to weight control issues and de-emphasizing personal responsibility for control of health behavior.
- Publication
Journal of nutrition education, 2001, Vol 33, Issue 2, p102
- ISSN
0022-3182
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60173-5