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Weekly Self-Determination of Weight: A Simple Adjuvant Strategy for Reduction of BMI in Children with Obesity

2026-08-18

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Objective To examine the feasibility and effectiveness of weekly home-based weight measurements as a motivational tool for improvement of Body Mass Index (BMI) among children with obesity followed in an academic outpatient clinic. Methods Subjects ages 8–18 years, with a mean age of 13 years and 7 months, were recruited from a pediatric endocrinology clinic. Inclusion criteria were BM...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10270776/v1

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