Observational studyHealth and quality of life outcomes2022
Pediatric quality of life multidimensional fatigue scale (PedsQL-MFS) detects the effects of a 3-week Inpatient body weight reduction program for children and adolescents with obesity.
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- Beyond bariatric surgery and weight loss medicaments. A systematic review of the current practice in obesity rehabilitative inpatient programs in adults and pediatrics.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Obesity and Resting Metabolic Rate Assessed by Indirect Calorimetry in Pediatric Patients from Northeastern Romania.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of air pollution in primary schools and children fatigue.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Measured vs estimated resting energy expenditure in children and adolescents with obesity.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Fatigue Perception in Adolescents with Obesity and Their Caregivers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Fatigue and Quality of Life in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFatigue is a frequent complaint amongst children and adolescents with obesity, and it interferes with adherence to dietary and exercise regimes that could reduce obesity. The present study evaluated the effect of an inpatient 3-week body weight reduction program on body weight and fatigue.
methodOne hundred children and adolescents with obesity (64% female; aged 11-18 years) undertook an inpatient program of personalized diet, daily exercise, education, and counselling.
resultsThe sample evidenced a mean reduction in body mass (females: ΔM = 4.3 (sd = 2.1) kg, p < .001), males: ΔM = 6.2 (sd = 2.6) kg, p < .001), BMI standard deviation score (females: ΔM = 0.17 (sd = 0.07), males: ΔM = 0.24 (sd = 0.08), p < .001) and fatigue (females: ΔM = 7.8 (sd = 9.7), males: ΔM = 5.0 (sd = 6.9), p < .001) as measured by the Pediatric Quality of Life Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (PedsQL-MFS) and improvements on the Attention problems subscale of the Youth Self Report (total sample: ΔM = 0.89 (sd = 2.44), p < .001). Reliable change analyses revealed fatigue changes were achieved by up to 34% females and 17% males, but the majority did not achieve reliable change and changes in fatigue were not correlated with changes in body mass.
conclusionsThe program achieved clinically significant improvements in some children and adolescents. Future studies should explore predictors of treatment responsiveness. Trial registration Observational study. Not registered.
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