Pediatric Obesity

Virtual Issue on Promising Interventions and Intervention Strategies for Childhood Obesity

I am pleased to introduce our second “Virtual Volume” in Pediatric Obesity. This follows up from our inaugural virtual issue from earlier in 2012 on the topic of maternal-fetal programming. In this current virtual issue we highlight 14 papers from 2011 and 2012 that have presented promising results from obesity interventions or promising novel approaches for obesity prevention and/or treatment. These interventions cover the spectrum of age and stage of development (from pre-school to adolescence), location of intervention delivery (schools, clinics, communities), and from health behaviors to pharmaceutical intervention. I hope you find these papers useful for your research and teaching efforts, and I look forward to circulating future virtual volumes in selected topics.

The following articles are available to all with free access:

Early weight loss and outcome at one year in obese adolescents treated with orlistat or placebo
Chanoine JP, Richard M

Children's food and activity patterns following a six-month child weight management program
Golley RK, Magarey AM, Daniels LA

Effectiveness of a primary school-based intervention to reduce overweight
Jansen W, Borsboom G, Meima A, et al

Overweight prevention strategies in preschool children
Matusik P, Malecka-Tendera E

Effects of high and low glycemic load meals on energy intake, satiety and hunger in obese Hispanic-American youth
Mirza NM, Klein CJ, Palmer MG, et al

Efficacy of increasing physical activity to reduce children's visceral fat: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Saelens BE, Grow HM, Stark LJ, Seeley RJ, Roehrig H

"The moving body": a sustainable project to improve children's physical activity at kindergarten
Serpentino C

"Community projects" in Modena (Italy): promote regular physical activity and healthy nutrition habits since childhood
Tripodi A, Severi S, Midili S, Corradini B

Randomized controlled trial of a good practice approach to treatment of childhood obesity in Malaysia: Malaysian Childhood Obesity Treatment Trial (MASCOT)
Wafa SW, Talib RA, Hamzaid NH, et al

Effects of a randomized maintenance intervention on adiposity and metabolic risk factors in overweight minority adolescents
Davis JN, Ventura EE, Tung A, et al

A recess intervention to promote moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
Howe CA, Freedson PS, Alhassan S, Feldman HA, Osganian SK

Efficacy of US paediatric obesity primary care guidelines: two randomized trials
Raynor HA, Osterholt KM, Hart CN, Jelalian E, Vivier P, Wing RR

What would Batman eat?: priming children to make healthier fast food choices
Wansink B, Shimizu M, Camps G

Twice-weekly, in-school jumping improves lean mass, particularly in adolescent boys
Weeks BK, Beck BR