Multi-disciplinary weight management compared to routine care in youth with obesity: what else should be monitored?

Purpose: Efficacy of multi-disciplinary weight management (MDM) in youth has not been compared to their routine care.

Objectives: To compare body mass index z-score (zBMI) and blood test (lab) changes (Δ) in youth before and after MDM and to correlate bio-impedance analysis (BIA) and lab measurements.

Methods: We compared zBMI Δ (from referring providers' records), within 3 months prior to MDM, to monthly zBMI Δ after MDM, in a retrospective cohort of youth at a tertiary MDM center.