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Alves R, Petitjean H, Druzhinenko-Silhan D. Psychological approaches to obesity in young adults: state of the art. Front Nutr 2024; 11:1328386. [PMID: 38385013 PMCID: PMC10879406 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1328386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Background Obesity has become a significant health concern among young adults aged 18-35 years. Addressing this issue is crucial, and exploring psychological treatments and perspectives specifically for this population is essential. Methods This literature review examines psychological treatments for obesity in young adults over the past decade. It focuses on interventions and discussions particularly relevant to this age group. Discussion Research on obesity often overlooks young adults, with most interventions primarily focusing on weight loss and neglecting emotional aspects. Cognitive-behavioral approaches are commonly used for self-regulation and motivation, but psychodynamic perspectives remain underutilized. While group-based methods lack a detailed analysis of benefits, hybrid approaches demonstrate higher engagement compared to technology-only interventions. There is a notable gap in tailoring obesity interventions to meet the unique needs of young adults during this transitional life phase. It's imperative to shift the focus from merely weight loss to a broader consideration of psychological, emotional, and unconscious factors. Integrating group modalities with psychodynamic approaches might offer additional benefits. Conclusion This review highlights the need for further research into the psychological well-being of young adults with obesity. A more comprehensive approach is required to address their distinct needs and psychological factors.
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Christison AL, Ariza AJ, Fernandez C, Kumar S, Novick MB, Santos M, Stratbucker WB, Sweeney BR, Vidmar A, Kirk S. Challenges and solutions to sustaining paediatric weight management programs in the United States. Clin Obes 2023; 13:e12577. [PMID: 36631245 DOI: 10.1111/cob.12577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Paediatric weight management (PWM) programs in the United States (US) face challenges in providing sustainable multidisciplinary care for patients. The aim of this study was to report PWM program approaches to sustaining program delivery. A survey of 39 PWM programs was administered to identify challenges and solutions to program sustainability. Common and useful strategies for optimizing reimbursement for services included the use of applicable reimbursable diagnostic codes and management, billing for assessments and non-medical personnel services, and the use of hospital outpatient department clinic billing. Increasing clinical breadth and capacity was achieved by offering telemedicine and other services, such as psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and metabolic and bariatric surgery, as well as active management of schedules. Securing institutional and extramural funding was also reported. One of the positive changes during the pandemic was the fast adoption of telemedicine services. Although delivering sustainable evidence-based multidisciplinary PWM under the current US payment models has its challenges, PWM programs implement practical operational strategies to support this work.
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- Amy L Christison
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Anne & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of General Academic Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Children's Center for Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pediatric Obesity Center, Connecticut Children's, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Helen Devos Children's Hospital and Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Department of General Academic Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Children's Center for Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Imoisili OE, Goodman AB, Dooyema CA, Park S, Harrison M, Lundeen EA, Blanck H. Referrals and Management Strategies for Pediatric Obesity- DocStyles Survey 2017. Front Pediatr 2018; 6:367. [PMID: 30619783 PMCID: PMC6299881 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background: Childhood obesity care management options can be delivered in community-, clinic-, and hospital-settings. The referral practices of clinicians to these various settings have not previously been characterized beyond the local level. This study describes the management strategies and referral practices of clinicians caring for pediatric patients with obesity and associated clinician characteristics in a geographically diverse sample. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the DocStyles 2017 panel-based survey of 891 clinicians who see pediatric patients. We used multivariable logistic regression to estimate associations between the demographic and practice characteristics of clinicians and types of referrals for the purposes of pediatric weight management. Results: About half of surveyed clinicians (54%) referred <25% of their pediatric patients with obesity for the purposes of weight management. Only 15% referred most (≥75%) of their pediatric patients with obesity for weight management. Referral types included clinical referrals, behavioral referrals, and weight management program (WMP) referrals. Within these categories, the percentage referrals ranged from 19% for behavioral/mental health professionals to 72% for registered dieticians. Among the significant associations, female clinicians had higher odds of referral to community and clinical WMP; practices in the Northeast had higher odds of referral to subspecialists, dieticians, mental health professionals, and clinical WMP; and clinics having ≥15 well child visits per week were associated with higher odds of referral to subspecialists, mental health professionals, and health educators. Not having an affiliation with teaching hospitals and serving low-income patients were associated with lower odds of referral to mental health professionals, and community and clinical WMP. Compared to pediatricians, family practitioners, internists, and nurse practitioners had higher odds of providing referrals to mental health professionals and to health educators. Conclusion: This study helps characterize the current landscape of referral practices and management strategies of clinicians who care for pediatric patients with obesity. Our data provide insight into the clinician, clinical practice, and reported patient characteristics associated with childhood obesity referral types. Understanding referral patterns and management strategies may help improve care for children with obesity and their families.
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- Omoye E Imoisili
- Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Perri MG, Limacher MC, von Castel-Roberts K, Daniels MJ, Durning PE, Janicke DM, Bobroff LB, Radcliff TA, Milsom VA, Kim C, Martin AD. Comparative effectiveness of three doses of weight-loss counseling: two-year findings from the rural LITE trial. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2014; 22:2293-300. [PMID: 25376396 PMCID: PMC4225635 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects and costs of three doses of behavioral weight-loss treatment delivered via Cooperative Extension Offices in rural communities. METHODS Obese adults (N = 612) were randomly assigned to low, moderate, or high doses of behavioral treatment (i.e., 16, 32, or 48 sessions over two years) or to a control condition that received nutrition education without instruction in behavior modification strategies. RESULTS Two-year mean reductions in initial body weight were 2.9% (95% Credible Interval = 1.7-4.3), 3.5% (2.0-4.8), 6.7% (5.3-7.9), and 6.8% (5.5-8.1) for the control, low-, moderate-, and high-dose conditions, respectively. The moderate-dose treatment produced weight losses similar to the high-dose condition and significantly larger than the low-dose and control conditions (posterior probability > 0.996). The percentages of participants who achieved weight reductions ≥ 5% at two years were significantly higher in the moderate-dose (58%) and high-dose (58%) conditions compared with low-dose (43%) and control (40%) conditions (posterior probability > 0.996). Cost-effectiveness analyses favored the moderate-dose treatment over all other conditions. CONCLUSIONS A moderate dose of behavioral treatment produced two-year weight reductions comparable to high-dose treatment but at a lower cost. These findings have important policy implications for the dissemination of weight-loss interventions into communities with limited resources.
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- Michael G. Perri
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
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- Department of Statistics & Data Sciences and Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
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- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
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- Department of Statistics & Data Sciences and Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
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Woolford SJ, Clark SJ, Gebremariam A, Davis MM, Freed GL. Physicians' perspectives on referring obese adolescents to pediatric multidisciplinary weight management programs. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2010; 49:871-5. [PMID: 20522620 PMCID: PMC3485406 DOI: 10.1177/0009922810368287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify factors that might influence physicians' referrals of obese adolescents to pediatric multidisciplinary weight management (PMWM) programs. DESIGN/METHODS Survey of a national sample of 375 pediatricians (PDs) and 375 family physicians (FPs) explored program availability, referral history, desired services, and when in the course of treatment physicians would refer. Differences were examined via chi(2) tests. RESULTS Response rate was 67%. More PDs than FPs reported having a PMWM program available (46% vs 10%, P < .01). More PDs (PD 83% vs FP 53%, P < .01) and female physicians (88% vs 65%, P < .01) reported having made a referral. Most physicians wanted coordinated diet, activity, and behavioral therapy (79%). Almost all physicians indicated they would refer when unsure of what else to do, or if requested by the patient/parent. CONCLUSIONS PMWM program referrals appear limited by availability. These data also suggest physicians may be reticent to refer. Further work should examine whether this affects patient outcomes.
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