ReviewCurrent obesity reports2020
Family Dynamics and Pediatric Weight Management: Putting the Family into Family-Based Treatment.
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- Family-reported barriers and predictors of short-term attendance in a multidisciplinary intervention for managing childhood obesity: A psycho-family-system based randomised controlled trial (ENTREN-F).European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Trial
- The association of family functioning, parenting knowledge, parenting behaviors, and family characteristics with early child growth: a study in a rural community of Southern Thailand.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Parenting and Feeding Styles and Parents' Body Mass Index as Predictors of Body Mass Index and Disordered Eating Behaviors in Mexican Children.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Young people and parent or carers views on type 2 diabetes mellitus care in England and Wales: analysis of parent and patient-reported measures survey.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Black Children's Perceptions of Parental Support and Parenting Practices: 6-Month Weight Loss and Retention in a Pediatric Weight Management Program.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Individual, family and social-related factors of eating behavior among Chinese children with overweight or obesity from the perspective of family system.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Rethinking family-based obesity treatment.Clinical obesity · 2023Review
- Family Dynamics and Functioning of Adolescents from Two-Child and One-Child Families in China.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Associations between family functioning during early to mid-childhood and weight status in childhood and adolescence: findings from a Quebec birth cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
- Parents' Reports of Children's Physical and Sedentary Behavior Engagement among Parents in Weight Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Food insecurity is associated with higher food responsiveness in low-income children: The moderating role of parent stress and family functioning.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Impaired Family Functioning Affects 6-Month and 12-Month Postoperative Weight Loss.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- A community perspective of COVID-19 and obesity in children: Causes and consequences.Obesity medicine · 2021Review
- Contextual Complexities in Implementing a Family-Based Childhood Obesity Intervention: The Perspectives of Enrolled Children and Their Parents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe treatment of pediatric obesity entails working with entire families. However, aside from parenting and family health behaviors, family dynamics and relationships are not often incorporated in clinical treatment of obesity. RECENT
findingsEvidence across several studies suggest a relationship between family dynamics and child weight, with impaired family dynamics associated with higher weight status in children. Evidence is mixed if child age and family function are associated. Unfortunately, there is little evidence that addressing family dynamics (i.e., relationships and overall family system) will improve weight in children with obesity. Notably, few studies target family dynamics specifically. There are several validated measures of family dynamics available for researchers to explore the family system as it relates to child health and behaviors. A deeper understanding of family dynamics and relationships may provide new avenues to address issues of weight in children; accounting for the family, and their underlying functioning, may benefit the clinician and child engaged in weight management.
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