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Review
. 2016 Jun;63(3):481-510.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2016.02.005.

Treating Obesity in Preschoolers: A Review and Recommendations for Addressing Critical Gaps

Elizabeth K Towner  1 , Lisa M Clifford  2 , Mary Beth McCullough  3 , Cathleen Odar Stough  3 , Lori J Stark  4
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Review

Treating Obesity in Preschoolers: A Review and Recommendations for Addressing Critical Gaps

Elizabeth K Towner et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

Developing interventions targeting obesity reduction in preschoolers is an emergent area. Although intensive, multicomponent interventions seem a promising approach to preschool obesity reduction, this review identifies and discusses approaches to 3 critical gaps (poor reach to families from low-income and minority backgrounds, lack of sufficient evidence to determine the most effective and efficient treatment components and approaches to treating obesity in early childhood, and lack of consensus on how best to discern intervention effectiveness) that need to be addressed to advance the preschool obesity literature.

Keywords: Intervention; Obesity; Preschool.

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