Combining lifestyle treatment with medications yields best results for obesity in youth

Pediatric obesity can be treated with pharmacotherapies and/or “health behavior and lifestyle treatment” (HBLT). It turns out that the combination produces the best results in terms of BMI and other physiological measures, researchers have found, conducting a literature search.

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The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update
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2026-10-15
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https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu.31100
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Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
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Combining lifestyle treatment with medications yields best results for obesity in youth

Alison Knopf
The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update
Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
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Combining lifestyle treatment with medications yields best results for obesity in youth

Alison Knopf
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Abstract

Pediatric obesity can be treated with pharmacotherapies and/or “health behavior and lifestyle treatment” (HBLT). It turns out that the combination produces the best results in terms of BMI and other physiological measures, researchers have found, conducting a literature search.

The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology UpdateVol. 28(11)
Good health and well-being
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Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
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