Abstract

Objectives: Body size awareness may motivate weight loss in obesity interventions. Our primary aim was to evaluate the effect of body size awareness on BMI change among pediatric participants in a comprehensive community-based weight management program. Our secondary aims were to: a) examine the effect of maternal awareness of the child’s body size on BMI outcomes in their children, and b) identify child and maternal characteristics that influenced the relationship between body size awareness and BMI change. Methods: We analyzed data from 113 overweight or obese Latino youths ages 7-15 …

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