According to a Sept. 4 HealthDay News article, the Australian researchers reported that "brief, physician-led intervention produced no long-term improvement in body mass index, physical activity or nutrition habits
The statement comes in the wake of a study conducted in Australia which tracked the effects three months of counseling had on children who were obese or overweight. Of the 139 who received counseling related to eating habits and exercise, none made significant improvements in diet or physical activity.
"The global long-term physical, emotional, social, reproductive and economic consequences of childhood obesity are likely to be extremely serious," the study's authors wrote. "However, very little evidence exists to show this kind of intervention works."
Labels: childhood_obesity, prevention
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