Summary

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that adding emotion management skills to family-based behavioral weight management may help adolescents maintain weight loss after treatment ends. In a randomized clinical trial of 166 adolescents and their parents, one group received a family-based program focused on healthy eating, physical activity and behavior change, while the other received the same program with additional strategies for understanding and managing emotions.

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