Leonard H. Epstein

TL;DR: Suggested research priorities are patient retention, natural history, assessment of intake and expenditure, obesity phenotypes, adolescence at a critical period, behavioral preference-reinforcement value, physical activity and social support, better linkage of new conceptual models to behavioral treatments, and the interface between pharmacological and behavioral methods.

TL;DR: A review of the large body of evidence indicating that higher levels of body weight and body fat are associated with an increased risk for the development of numerous adverse health consequences suggests efforts to prevent further weight gain in adults at risk for overweight and obesity are essential.

TL;DR: Results show long-term changes in children depend on the treatment, and evidence converges on the importance of the family and other sources of support for eating and activity change.

TL;DR: Children in the child and parent group showed significantly greater decreases in percent overweight after 5 and 10 years than children in the nonspecific control group, and child height was related strongly to the height of the parent of the same sex.

TL;DR: Motor proficiency is positively associated with physical activity and inversely associated with sedentary activity in children, but there may be a threshold of motor proficiency above which children may be the most physically active.