Behavioral Interventions and Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Youth: Current Findings and Future Directions

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-578

  Vannucci, Anna ^a   Wilfley, Denise E ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Appetitive traits; Binge eating; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Children; Cholesterol; Eating in the absence of hunger; Family based treatment; Food reinforcement; Impulsivity; Insulin resistance; Loss of control eating; Moderators; Obesity; Predictors; Prevention; Primary care; Satiety responsiveness; School; Treatment; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; METFORMIN PLUS ROSIGLITAZONE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG THERAPY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873849390     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-012-0272-y     Document Type: Review

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