Behavioral economic predictors of overweight children's weight loss.

@article{Best2012BehavioralEP,
  title={Behavioral economic predictors of overweight children's weight loss.},
  author={J. Best and K. Theim and Dana M Gredysa and R. Stein and R. Welch and B. Saelens and M. Perri and K. Schechtman and L. Epstein and D. Wilfley},
  journal={Journal of consulting and clinical psychology},
  year={2012},
  volume={80 6},
  pages={
          1086-1096
        }
}
OBJECTIVE Our goal was to determine whether behavioral economic constructs-including impulsivity (i.e., steep discounting of delayed food and monetary rewards), the relative reinforcing value of food (RRVfood), and environmental enrichment (i.e., the presence of alternatives to unhealthy foods in the home and neighborhood environments)-are significant pretreatment predictors of overweight children's weight loss within family-based treatment. METHOD Overweight children (N = 241; ages 7-12… Expand
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Interventional Clinical Trial
Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a… Expand
ConditionsChildhood Obesity, Childhood Overweight
InterventionBehavioral
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