Eirini Bathrellou, Mary Yannakoulia, Katerina Papanikolaou, Artemios Pehlivanidis, Panagiota Pervanidou, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, Ioanna Tokou, John Tsiantis, George P. Chrousos, Labros S. Sidossis
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of active parental involvement in a lifestyle intervention for the management of childhood obesity. DESIGN: Forty-two overweight children (32 girls and 10 boys), aged 9.2±0.2 years and with percent overweight 39.8±2.7%, were randomly allocated either to a child-and-parent group …