Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 417-419, October 2009

A Randomized Pilot Study of Multisystemic Therapy Targeting Obesity in African-American Adolescents

  • Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D., Pediatric Prevention Research Center, 4707 St. Antoine Street, Old Hutzel Building, Suite w534, Detroit, MI 48201.
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  • Deborah Ellis, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Karen Kolmodin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Phillippe Cunningham, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • K.-L. Catherine Jen, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Brian Saelens, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Kathryn Brogan, Ph.D., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Received 23 October 2008; accepted 31 March 2009. published online 12 June 2009.

Abstract 

Adolescents with obesity (N = 48) and their caregivers were randomized to Multisystemic Therapy (MST) or a group weight-loss intervention. MST adolescents significantly reduced percents overweight and body fat, while control adolescents did not. Treatments such as MST that can intervene in the multiple systems that influence weight are worthy of further study.

Keywords: Adolescent obesity, African-American, Health disparities, Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

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 Disclosure: Deborah Ellis, Sylvie Naar-King, and Phillippe Cunningham are board members of Evidence Based Services, which has a licensing agreement with MST Services, LLC, for dissemination of Multisystemic Therapy treatment technology.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00139-6

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.022

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 417-419, October 2009

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