Open AccessExcess weight gain prevention in adolescents: Three-year outcome following a randomized controlled trial.
Author(s) -
Marian TanofskyKraff,
Lauren B. Shomaker,
Denise E. Wilfley,
Jami F. Young,
Tracy Sbrocco,
Mark B. Stephens,
Sheila M. Brady,
Ovidiu Galescu,
Andrew P. Demidowich,
Cara Olsen,
Merel Kozlosky,
James C. Reynolds,
Jack A. Yanovski
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000153
Subject(s) - interpersonal psychotherapy , weight gain , anxiety , psychology , psychosocial , body mass index , randomized controlled trial , social anxiety , weight loss , obesity , binge eating , clinical psychology , psychiatry , eating disorders , medicine , body weight
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) prevents weight gain in adults with obesity and binge-eating-disorder, and is especially effective among those with increased psychosocial problems. However, IPT was not superior to health education (HE) to prevent excess weight gain at 1-year follow-up in 113 adolescent girls at high-risk for excess weight gain because of loss-of-control eating and high body mass index (BMI; kg/m2; Tanofsky-Kraff et al., 2014).