Internet-delivered eating disorders prevention program for adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes: Acceptable and feasible.

Background: Adolescents with type 1 diabetes are at significantly increased risk for eating disorders and few interventions exist.

Objective: This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of an internet-based eating disorders prevention program adapted specifically for adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes.

Participants And Methods: Thirty-five girls (16.

Parenting and Psychological Health in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: Systematic Review.

Objective: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a demanding chronic illness that may result in poorer psychological health in youth. Fortunately, certain parenting practices may be protective against adverse outcomes. However, a systematic review of these relationships in youth with T1D is lacking.

Bidirectional Associations between Physical Activity and Sleep in Early-Elementary-Age Latino Children with Obesity.

Low-income Latino children are at high risk for obesity and associated comorbidities. Considering the health benefits of proper sleep habits and physical activity, understanding the patterns, or the relationship between these modifiable factors may help guide intervention strategies to improve overall health in this population. Thus, the purpose was to investigate bidirectional associations between physical activity and sleep among Latino children who are overweight/obese.

Relationships Among Metabolic-Risk, Body Fatness, and Muscular Fitness in Young Obese Latino Children.

Given the high prevalence of obesity in Latino children and potential health risks, the purpose of this study was to: 1) evaluate relationships among metabolic-risk, fitness, and body fatness; 2) determine sex differences in cardio-metabolic risk factors and fitness of obese children of Latino descent. Sixty children (boys, = 39, 7.8 ± 1.

Feasibility of a Multidisciplinary and Culturally Adapted Pediatric Weight Management Program for Latino Families: Results From the Vidas Activas y Familias Saludables Pilot Study.

Objective: To determine the feasibility of a pediatric weight management program for low-income Latino families.

Methods: A pretest-posttest pilot study was conducted among 60 Latino children, aged 4-9, who were overweight/obese (body mass index-for-age ≥85th percentile). The 10-week group-based community program addressed diet, exercise, and behavior modification.

Rumination and self-control interact to predict bulimic symptomatology in college students.

Recent studies suggest that a ruminative response style may contribute to the development and maintenance of Bulimia nervosa. However it is not clear what factors may contribute to the relationship between rumination and BN. One factor may be self-control, as studies suggest that BN symptomatology relates to deficits in self-control.

Financial Analysis of Behavioral Health Services in a Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic.

Objective: This article addresses a current need in psychological practice by describing a financially feasible model that moves toward integrated care of behavioral health services in a pediatric endocrinology clinic.

Methods: Financial information (costs and revenue associated with behavioral health services) for the clinic, over an 18-month period (July 2012 to December 2013), was obtained through the hospital's financial department. The clinic meets one half day per week.

A Condensed Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group for Binge Eating Disorder: Overcoming Winter Challenges.

Although binge eating disorder (BED) is a recent diagnostic category, research for efficacious and effective treatment is well underway. This case study describes a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills group for BED implemented in an outpatient community clinic. Although based on Safer, Telch, and Chen's (2009) manual for BED and bulimia nervosa (BN), notable adaptations included shortening the group's duration from 20 to 12 weeks, adding an interpersonal effectiveness module and DBT-informed "Holiday Plan" worksheets, and providing inclement weather alternatives.

The effects of avoidance coping and coping self-efficacy on eating disorder attitudes and behaviors: a stress-diathesis model.

The present study employed a series of stress-diathesis models to examine whether avoidance coping and poor coping self-efficacy contribute to disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in a sample of college students. The sample included one hundred fifteen undergraduate students (28.7% male; 71.

Two-year follow-up of an adolescent behavioral weight control intervention.

Objective: This study examined the 24-month outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of a group-based behavioral weight control (BWC) program combined with either activity-based peer intervention or aerobic exercise.

Methods: At baseline, 118 obese adolescents (68% female; BMI = 31.41 ± 3.

Associations between parent behavior and adolescent weight control.

Objective: To evaluate associations between parent behaviors (i.e., parent weight change, self-monitoring of their behavior, and feeding practices and attitudes) and changes in adolescent BMI and weight following 16-weeks of behavioral weight control (BWC) intervention.

Early patterns of food intake in an adolescent weight loss trial as predictors of BMI change.

Purpose: To determine whether baseline intake or initial changes in intake of fruits (F), vegetables (V), snack foods (SF), and reduced-calorie snack foods (RCSF) during standard behavioral weight loss treatment predict BMI reductions among overweight adolescents. Given conflicting messages between child and adult weight loss interventions, the role of RCSF in adolescent weight control was of particular interest.

Methods: Seventy-two adolescents, 13-16 years old, participating in a 16-week behavioral weight loss trial with diet records at baseline and 4 weeks were included.

Behavioral weight control treatment with supervised exercise or peer-enhanced adventure for overweight adolescents.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of behavioral weight control intervention with a peer-enhanced activity intervention versus structured aerobic exercise in decreasing body mass index (BMI) and z-BMI in overweight adolescents.

Study Design: Participants were randomized to 1 of 2 group-based treatment conditions: (1) cognitive behavioral treatment with peer-enhanced adventure therapy or (2) cognitive behavioral weight control treatment with supervised aerobic exercise. Participants included 118 overweight adolescents, ages 13 to 16 years, and a primary caregiver.

Effects of Behavioral Weight Control Intervention on Binge Eating Symptoms Among Overweight Adolescents.

This study examined change in binge eating symptoms reported by moderately overweight adolescents following participation in a behavioral weight control intervention. A total of 194 adolescents across two randomized controlled trials participated. Adolescents in both study samples endorsed a mild level of binge eating symptoms at baseline.

Effect of weight, sleep duration, and comorbid sleep disorders on behavioral outcomes in children with sleep-disordered breathing.

Objective: To assess the relative contribution of potential risk factors for adverse neurobehavioral outcomes in children referred for evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), including weight, mean sleep duration, and comorbid sleep disorders.

Design: Medical record review.

Setting: Academic pediatric medical center.

Predictors of attrition and weight loss in an adolescent weight control program.

Objective: To evaluate demographic and psychosocial predictors of attrition and weight loss in a behaviorally based adolescent weight control trial.

Methods And Procedures: Adolescents (N = 76) aged 13-16 years and 20-80% overweight (M = 60.56%, s.

A pilot intervention to increase calcium intake in female collegiate athletes.

Calcium intake in adolescent and young adult female athletes often is inadequate to optimize peak bone mass, an important determinant of osteoporosis risk. The purpose of this study was to determine if calcium supplementation in eumenorrheic female collegiate athletes increases intake to recommended levels and promotes increases in bone mineral density (BMD). Forty-eight eumenorrheic female athletes from several college teams (15 soccer, 7 cross-country, 8 indoor track, and 18 basketball) were randomized at the beginning of a competitive season to receive either an oral calcium supplement (1000 mg calcium citrate/400 I.