A clinic-based lifestyle intervention for pediatric obesity: efficacy and behavioral and biochemical predictors of response.

Aim: To examine efficacy and predictors of response to a lifestyle intervention for obese youth.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 214 children and adolescents aged 8-19 years. Linear regression identified baseline predictors of response (delta BMI z-score) at first and ultimate follow-up visits.

After-school program to reduce obesity in minority children: a pilot study.

This study explored a community-based after-school program's effect on obesity in minority children. Study participants included 178 third through fifth graders (47% Latino, 25% Asian, and 18% African-American) enrolled in America SCORES Bay Area. Outcomes were attendance, change in fitness (20-meter shuttle test), and body mass index (BMI) z-score over eight months.