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[Long-term inpatient treatment of extreme juvenile obesity: an 18-month catamnestic study]
W Siegfried1, K Kromeyer-Hauschild, G Zabel
1Arztlicher Leiter Adipositas Rehazentrum Insula, Strub/Bischofswiesen. wolfgang-siegfried@t-online.de
Eighteen months after completion of long-term treatment of 98 extremely overweight juveniles in the rehabilitation center Insula, this study revealed an improvement in the age-specific body mass index (BMI-SDS) in 55.1% of the cases, when all the non-responders (approx. 22%) were evaluated as failures. An improvement of at least 0.2 or 0.5 BMI SDS points was achieved in 41.8% and 21.4%, respectively.
Eighteen months after completion of long-term treatment of 98 extremely overweight juveniles in the rehabilitation center Insula, this study revealed an improvement in the age-specific body mass index (BMI-SDS) in 55.1% of the cases, when all the non-responders (approx. 22%) were evaluated as failures. An improvement of at least 0.2 or 0.5 BMI SDS points was achieved in 41.8% and 21.4%, respectively.
