Parents as Agents of Change (PAC) in pediatric weight management: The protocol for the PAC randomized clinical trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ball, Geoff D C ^a   Ambler, Kathryn A ^a   Keaschuk, Rachel A ^b   Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^c   Holt, Nicholas L ^c   Spence, John C ^c   Jetha, Mary M ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^d   Newton, Amanda S ^c  

^a Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Obesity; Parents; Pediatric; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARENTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84864525822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-114     Document Type: Article

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