"PoZdro!" as an example of a successful multicenter programme for obesity management and healthy lifestyle promotion in children and adolescents - programme protocol and preliminary results from the first intervention site.

CONCLUSIONS: "PoZdro!" is a unique obesity prevention and management programme in Poland operating simultaneously in several Polish big cities. The programme incorporates parental engagement and long-term behavioral intervention. Preliminary results show that it may result in meaningful decrease in BMI in two following years. Further data analyses are necessary to show the influence of the programme on metabolic risk in studied group. PMID: 32418419 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Pediatr Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Source Type: research