References
- Summerbell CD, Ashton V, Campbell KJ, Edmunds L, Kelly S, Waters E. Interventions for treating obesity in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003(3):CD001872.
- Oude Luttikhuis H, Baur L, Jansen H . Interventions for treating obesity in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009(1):CD001872.
- Flodmark CE, Lissau I, Moreno LA, Pietrobelli A, Widhalm K. New insights into the field of children and adolescents’ obesity: the European perspective. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004;28:1189–96.
- van Gerwen M, Franc C, Rosman S, Le Vaillant M, Pelletier-Fleury N. Primary care physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding childhood obesity: a systematic review. Obes Rev. 2009;10:227–36.
- Savoye M, Shaw M, Dziura J . Effects of a weight management program on body composition and metabolic parameters in overweight children: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007;297:2697–704.
- Nowicka P, Hoglund P, Pietrobelli A, Lissau I, Flodmark CE. Family Weight School treatment: 1-year results in obese adolescents. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2008;3:141–7.
- Yalom ID. The theory and practice of group psychotherapy. 4th. New York: Basic Books; 1995.
- Sharry J. Solution-focused groupwork. London: SAGE Publications; 2001.
- Braet C, Van Winckel M. Long-term follow-up of a cognitive behaviour treatment program for obese children. Behav Ther. 2000;31:55–74.
- Goldfield GS, Epstein LH, Kilanowski CK, Paluch RA, Kogut-Bossler B. Cost-effectiveness of group and mixed family-based treatment for childhood obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001;25:1843–9.
- Epstein L, Valoski A, Wing R, McCurley J. Ten-year follow-up of behavioral, family-based treatment for obese children. JAMA. 1990;264(19):2519–23.
- Reinehr T, Kleber M, Lass N, Toschke AM. Body mass index patterns over 5 y in obese children motivated to participate in a 1-y lifestyle intervention: age as a predictor of long-term success. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:1165–71.
- Whitlock EP, O'Connor EA, Williams A, Beil TL, Lutz KW. Effectiveness of primary care interventions for weight management in children and adolescents: an updated, targeted systematic review for the USPSTF. Evidence synthesis No. 76. Rockville, Maryland, USA: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2010.
- Shaw M, Savoye M, Cali A, Dziura J, Tamborlane WV, Caprio S. Effect of a successful intensive lifestyle program on insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in obese youth. Diabetes Care. 2009;32:45–7.
- Savoye M, Nowicka P, Shaw M . Long-term results of an obesity program in an ethnically diverse pediatric population. Pediatrics. 2011;127:402–10.
- Lattner JD, Stunkard AJ. Getting worse: the stigmatization of obese children. Obes Res. 2003;11:452–6.
- Faith MS, Leone MA, Ayers TS, Heo M, Pietrobelli A. Weight criticism during physical activity, coping skills, and reported physical activity in children. Pediatrics. 2002;110 (2 Pt 1):e23.
- Nowicka P, Hoglund P, Birgerstam P, Lissau I, Pietrobelli A, Flodmark CE. Self-esteem in a clinical sample of morbidly obese children and adolescents. Acta Paediatr. 2009;98: 153–8.
- Nowicka P, Flodmark CE. Family therapy as a model for treating childhood obesity: useful tools for clinicians. Clin Child Psychol Psychiat. 2011;16:129–45.
- Flodmark CE, Ohlsson T, Ryden O, Sveger T. Prevention of progression to severe obesity in a group of obese schoolchildren treated with family therapy. Pediatrics. 1993;91:880–4.
- Nowicka P, Pietrobelli A, Flodmark CE. Low intensity family therapy intervention is useful in a clinical setting to treat obese and extremely obese children. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2007;2:211–7.