Shirley Alexander

Sep 16, 2024 | mdpi.com | Megan L. Gow |Hiba Jebeile |Eve T. House |Shirley Alexander

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Aug 31, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Natalie B. Lister |Louise A. Baur |Shirley Alexander |Eve T. House

Key PointsQuestion  In adolescents with obesity, does intermittent energy restriction lead to lower body mass index z score and cardiometabolic risk after 52 weeks compared with continuous energy restriction?

Aug 29, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Hiba Jebeile |Louise A. Baur |Shirley Alexander |Cathy Kwok

Key PointsQuestion  How do self-reported symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and binge eating change for adolescents with obesity during an intensive behavioral intervention? Findings  In this randomized clinical trial of 141 adolescents, symptoms of depression, eating disorders, and binge eating reduced after 4 weeks of a very low energy diet, and this reduction was maintained to 52 weeks after transition to intermittent or continuous energy restriction.