Jeff Walkley

TL;DR: Pooled regressions suggest pediatric self-reported HRQOL can be predicted from parent proxy reports, although parents of obese youths tend to perceive worseHRQOL than children do about themselves, so future research should include both pediatric and parent proxy perspectives.

TL;DR: Three major themes were identified from the focus group interviews: motivation for participation, social support, and political and financial support; the most critical issue was the lack of clear policies.

TL;DR: A 10-wk CBT program followed by 10 wk of fortnightly phone contact improved body composition in overweight and obese adolescents.

TL;DR: The findings reveal that proxy recording of physical activity behaviour provides meaningful data and suggests that, as with the general community, only a proportion of this population was sedentary.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial testing the efficacy of motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of overweight and obese adolescents, where participants took part in a motivational interview or a standard semi-structured assessment interview and were then randomly allocated to a cognitive behavioural intervention or a wait-list control condition.