Paediatric obesity treatment during 14 years in Sweden: Lessons from the Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register—BORIS

Background Treatment of paediatric obesity has been offered customarily and free of charge for more than 15 years in Sweden. The Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register (BORIS) is a prospective register of children and adolescents undergoing obesity treatment. Objectives To investigate how pati...

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Published in:Pediatric obesity 2020-07, Vol.15 (7), p.e12626-n/a
Main Authors: Hagman, Emilia, Danielsson, Pernilla, Lindberg, Louise, Marcus, Claude
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
behavioural treatment
childhood obesity treatment
epidemiology
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Hälsovetenskap
Klinisk medicin
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Pediatrik
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Summary:Background Treatment of paediatric obesity has been offered customarily and free of charge for more than 15 years in Sweden. The Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register (BORIS) is a prospective register of children and adolescents undergoing obesity treatment. Objectives To investigate how patient characteristics and treatment efficacy has changed over 14 years on a national scale. Methods All subjects in BORIS with data from 2004 until 2017 were included, n = 21 499. Outcomes were age and BMI SDS at treatment initiation, dropout rates and treatment outcome up to 3 years after treatment initiation. Results Age and BMI SDS at treatment initiation have decreased during the years (both P
ISSN:2047-6302
2047-6310
2047-6310
DOI:10.1111/ijpo.12626