Decreasing food fussiness in children with obesity leads to greater weight loss in family-based treatment.

Objective: Food fussiness (FF), or the frequent rejection of both familiar and unfamiliar foods, is common among children and, given its link to poor diet quality, may contribute to the onset and/or maintenance of childhood obesity. This study examined child FF in association with anthropometric variables and diet in children with overweight/obesity participating in family-based behavioral weight loss treatment (FBT). Change in FF was assessed in relation to FBT outcome, including whether change in diet quality mediated the relation between change in FF and change in child weight.

Reduction in food away from home is associated with improved child relative weight and body composition outcomes and this relation is mediated by changes in diet quality.

Background: Reducing consumption of food away from home is often targeted during pediatric obesity treatment, given the associations with weight status and gain. However, the effects of this dietary change on weight loss are unknown.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate associations between changes in dietary factors and child anthropometric outcomes after treatment.

Modifications in parent feeding practices and child diet during family-based behavioral treatment improve child zBMI.

Objective: To examine associations between modifications in parent feeding practices, child diet, and child weight status after treatment and to evaluate dietary mediators.

Methods: Children classified as overweight or obese and 7-11 years old (N = 170) completed a 16-session family-based behavioral weight loss treatment (FBT) program. Anthropometrics (standardized body mass index (zBMI)), Child Feeding Questionnaire, and 24-hr dietary recalls were collected at baseline and post-FBT.