Change in parent and child psychopathology following obesity treatment and maintenance: A secondary data analysis
Authors' conclusion
Participation in FBT and maintenance was associated with improvements in general and ED psychopathology in both parents and children.
Study context
- Population
- Parent-child dyads with overweight/obesity in family-based behavioural obesity treatment (FBT)
- Participants
- 172 parent-child dyads
- Comparison
- Change across FBT and maintenance; three maintenance interventions
- Primary endpoint
- Change in general psychopathology (child anxiety/depressive symptoms, parent global psychological distress) and eating disorder (ED) psychopathology (shape/weight concern)
- Follow-up
- Baseline, post-FBT, post-maintenance
Methodological details4-month FBT followed by randomization to one of three 8-month maintenance interventions
- 4-month FBT followed by randomization to one of three 8-month maintenance interventions
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
- Children: significant reductions from baseline to post-FBT in all forms of psychopathology, and from post-FBT to post-maintenance in general psychopathology
- Parents: significant reductions from baseline to post-FBT in all forms of psychopathology; reductions maintained from post-FBT to post-maintenance
- No significant interaction between maintenance condition and time
Further findings
Association of change in psychopathology with change in percent overweight
- Correlations between change in most forms of parent or child psychopathology and percent overweight were observed
Original publication
Change in parent and child psychopathology following obesity treatment and maintenance: A secondary data analysis. Pediatr Obes. Published 16 August 2022. doi:10.
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