Evaluation of Success Rate of Exogenous Obesity Management with an Intensive Follow-up Program
Objective: Obesity critically affects the quality and expectancy of life with its physiological, hormonal, metabolic, and social aspects. This study has assessed the success rate of exogenous obesity management consisting of lifestyle changes with an intensive follow-up in prepubertal children. M...
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Objective: Obesity critically affects the quality and expectancy of life with its physiological, hormonal, metabolic, and social aspects. This study has assessed the success rate of exogenous obesity management consisting of lifestyle changes with an intensive follow-up in prepubertal children.
Methods: Twenty-two obese prepubertal children between ages 4 and 9 years were enrolled in this study. Eating habits were surveyed, and individually tailored diet programs were introduced. Additionally, an exercise coach prepared individualized exercise programs. Patients were recalled monthly for six months. At each monthly visit, weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentages were measured, and compliance with the diet and exercise programs was reviewed. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for statistical analysis.
Results: The patients showed statistically significant reductions in BMI, waist circumference, and body fat percentage (p<0.001 for each).
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that in prepubertal obese children, lifestyle changes implemented by intensive follow-up and monitoring could increase the success rate of exogenous obesity management.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f90b2cbbbfa41818e2784ea33ce49fa2025-08-20T02:03:42ZengAydın Pediatric SocietyTrends in Pediatrics2792-04292021-09-012310.5222/TP.2021.14633Evaluation of Success Rate of Exogenous Obesity Management with an Intensive Follow-up ProgramGül Şeker0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3829-4978Eda Mengen1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1597-8418Fatih Gürbüz2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-901XGöksin Koçak3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9100-8811Yüksel Bilgin4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9753-381XAli Topaloğlu5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-9552Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, İzmir, TurkeyAnkara ChildrenÇukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Adana, TurkeyCukurova University Faculty of Education, Department of Physical Education, Adana, TurkeyÇukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Adana, TurkeyÇukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Adana, Turkey Objective: Obesity critically affects the quality and expectancy of life with its physiological, hormonal, metabolic, and social aspects. This study has assessed the success rate of exogenous obesity management consisting of lifestyle changes with an intensive follow-up in prepubertal children. Methods: Twenty-two obese prepubertal children between ages 4 and 9 years were enrolled in this study. Eating habits were surveyed, and individually tailored diet programs were introduced. Additionally, an exercise coach prepared individualized exercise programs. Patients were recalled monthly for six months. At each monthly visit, weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentages were measured, and compliance with the diet and exercise programs was reviewed. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for statistical analysis. Results: The patients showed statistically significant reductions in BMI, waist circumference, and body fat percentage (p<0.001 for each). Conclusion: This study demonstrates that in prepubertal obese children, lifestyle changes implemented by intensive follow-up and monitoring could increase the success rate of exogenous obesity management. https://trendspediatrics.com/article/view/32Exogenous obesitybody mass indexbody fat percentagedietexercise. |
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| title | Evaluation of Success Rate of Exogenous Obesity Management with an Intensive Follow-up Program |
| title_full | Evaluation of Success Rate of Exogenous Obesity Management with an Intensive Follow-up Program |
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| title_short | Evaluation of Success Rate of Exogenous Obesity Management with an Intensive Follow-up Program |
| title_sort | evaluation of success rate of exogenous obesity management with an intensive follow up program |
| topic | Exogenous obesity body mass index body fat percentage diet exercise. |
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