One-on-one lifestyle coaching for managing adolescent obesity: Findings from a pilot, randomized controlled trial in a real-world, clinical setting.

Background: Interventions for obese adolescents in real-world, clinical settings need to be evaluated because most weight management care occurs in this context.

Objectives: To determine whether a lifestyle intervention that includes motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy (Health Initiatives Program [HIP]) leads to weight management that is superior to a similar lifestyle intervention (Youth Lifestyle Program [YLP]) that does not include these techniques; and to determine whether the HIP and YLP interventions are superior to a wait list control (WLC) group.

Methods: Obese adolescents were randomly assigned to a YLP (n=15), HIP (n=17) or WLC (n=14) group.