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Designing a group therapy program for coping with childhood weight bias.

Barry M Panzer, Sarita Dhuper

|May 27, 2014

Summary

Children with obesity experiencing teasing can benefit from a short-term cognitive behavioral group therapy. This intervention helps them develop coping strategies, leading to fewer teasing episodes over two years.

Area of Science:

Psychology
Pediatrics
Intervention Research

Background:

Childhood obesity is linked to significant psychosocial distress.
Weight bias and mistreatment contribute to negative consequences for obese children.
Existing interventions may not be timely enough for children experiencing intense distress.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and implement a timely intervention for children with severe obesity.
To help children cope with weight-related teasing and mistreatment.
To utilize intervention research methodology for rapid program development.

Main Methods:

A short-term group therapy program using cognitive and behavioral methods was developed.
Intervention research and development methodology was adapted.

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Questionnaires assessed child and parent perceptions of teasing and responses.

Proficiency in coping strategies was evaluated post-program.

Main Results:

All participants demonstrated proficiency in learned coping strategies.
A two-year follow-up indicated a reduction in reported teasing episodes for most children.
The intervention showed preliminary success in addressing weight-related teasing.

Conclusions:

A cognitive behavioral group therapy approach can be rapidly developed and implemented.
This intervention shows promise in helping children with obesity manage teasing.
Further empirical testing is needed to refine and widely deploy the program.