This trial is evaluating whether HomeStyles-2: Obesity Prevention Program for Families with Children in Middle Childhood will improve 1 primary outcome and 3 secondary outcomes in patients with Obesity. Measurement will happen over the course of Pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (~8 weeks after baseline), follow-up (~4 weeks after post-intervention).
This trial requires 269 total participants across 2 different treatment groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. HomeStyles-2: Obesity Prevention Program For Families With Children In Middle Childhood is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
“Common treatments for obesity are exercise, dieting, medications, and surgery. All except the surgery approach, which is the most effective in obesity treatments, are effective for short-term weight loss only; long-term weight loss occurs only in cases of the surgery approach, and when the treatments are combined.” (Yajnek J, et al, 2014). These include medications that help with appetite suppression, drugs that inhibit the release of excess fatty acids from adipose tissue, and medications that act as or counteract drugs that inhibit the release of insulin. Moreover, the obesity drugs are the most expensive of everything.
Around 44.2 million US adults are deemed to be obese. This makes them more than 2.5 times as common as those who get breast cancer. Obesity is thought to cost over $117 billion USD per year in medical expenses. The estimated $3.4 billion in excess health care costs attributable to obesity may be comparable to that caused by smoking.
Excess body fat may result in a wide variety of symptoms which appear because of increased total body fat. It may also result in increased pain due to joint inflammation or damage. However, when obesity is accompanied by increased central body fat, such as in the adipose tissue compartment, it may result in symptoms related to its presence. Weight loss alone is unlikely to lead to symptomatic improvement in the absence of some other underlying cause.
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Obesity is an important health condition characterized by fat accumulation and disturbances in energy balance. It is a major risk factor for several diseases and morbidities. Overemphasis on morbidity and mortality of obesity (especially in women) leads to many issues underrecognized in clinical practice, and it is often underdiagnosed. However, obese subjects do not present to the general practice but instead to hospitals where they are investigated for complications of obesity. The present study shows that the general practitioners have a good awareness of the disease and their responsibilities are more frequent than the hospital physicians. However, in most cases, patients are reluctant to start a lifestyle modification, to a larger extent than obese patients who are not suffering from any complications.
The answer to the question can be yes. Obesity can be cured in selected cases if properly addressed in an multidisciplinary setting, with a team including dietitians, physical therapists and medical doctors working in close collaboration with the patient. A patient's diet and exercise should be assessed before the weight loss program is begun and is a key component of the management of obesity. To make this a success, a patient's physical condition must be addressed as part of the treatment plan. Obesity can be cured.
Overall, the homestyles-2 programs appear to be most effective when used in conjunction with or in place of other interventions as a component of the treatment package for children whose obesity is not already under control. Moreover, there is a need for more rigorous research into the psychosocial components of such programs that affect their effectiveness.
The obesity health risks appear to be more severe than originally estimated, highlighting a need to take a more proactive approach to tackling and preventing obesity, which might lead to an improvement in overall health for affected individuals.\n
Results from a recent paper showed that a program designed to prevent obesity in middle childhood can be implemented safely in routine clinical practice, providing the program's educational objectives can be achieved, and achieving an appreciable reduction in the risk of overweight and obesity in middle childhood.
The primary cause of obesity in our country may be excessive energy intake rather than obesity having a negative impact on a person’s life expectancy, and it is still in the early stages of our country. People should be encouraged to enjoy good food. Obesity in this country should be treated as an epidemic disorder with a serious and challenging condition which is not to be ignored even though it is a very hard disease and people must be encouraged to eat what is good for health and make some adjustments in their lifestyle to improve their mental health.
Obesity prevention programs for families with children in middle childhood that use a family-focused intervention method (i.e., FFTPS) are safe for people. Further research is needed to determine the long-term impact of obesity prevention programs for children and families.
HOMESS 2 is a family-based program for families with children in middle childhood for therapeutic use. The focus of HOMESS 2 is on risk-related behavior in pediatric weight status. The program developed the program and teaches behavior change. Intervention materials are designed to be accessible for family use.