TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe effect of weight control on lipid changes in obese children
AU  - Epstein LH, Kuller LH, Wing RR, Valoski A, McCurley J
Y1  - 1989/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150160080016
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 454
EP  - 457
VL  - 143
IS  - 4
N2  - • The effects of weight change on serum lipid changes were assessed in a sample of 56 obese children randomly assigned to family-based behavioral obesity treatment vs controls given no treatment. Fasting serum lipid levels, height, weight, and fitness were measured at program entry and after 6 months of treatment. Children assigned to treatment showed significantly greater relative weight and weight changes than children in the control group, and the weight changes were significantly related to reductions in fasting serum triglyceride and total serum cholesterol levels and increases in high-density lipoprotein serum cholesterol. Results after 5 years of follow-up available for a small sample of treated children showed that a change in relative weight and fitness from 6 months to 5 years was also associated with changes in the high-density lipoprotein level. These results suggest that weight control in obese preadolescent children may be associated with improvement in lipoprotein profiles.(AJDC. 1989;143:454-457)
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150160080016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150160080016
ER  -