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  • Intervention
    How does adolescent-only treatment of obesity compare to interventions including both adolescent and parent in a mixed treatment format (sometimes together sometimes separate)?
    • Conclusion

      No studies meeting the inclusion criteria for this question were found for treatment of adolescent obesity.

      Thus, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether interventions, including both adolescent and parent in a mixed treatment format (sometimes together sometimes separate), is more effective than treating adolescents for obesity without their parents.

    • Grade: V
      • Grade I means there is Good/Strong evidence supporting the statement;
      • Grade II is Fair;
      • Grade III is Limited/Weak;
      • Grade IV is Expert Opinion Only;
      • Grade V is Not Assignable.
      • High (A) means we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect;
      • Moderate (B) means we are moderately confident in the effect estimate;
      • Low (C) means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited;
      • Very Low (D) means we have very little confidence in the effect estimate.
      • Ungraded means a grade is not assignable.
    How does adolescent-only treatment of obesity compare to interventions with both adolescents and their parents (separately)?
    • Conclusion

      There is insufficient evidence to determine whether targeting parents and adolescents separately to treat childhood obesity works any better than targeting only the adolescents.

    • Grade: V
      • Grade I means there is Good/Strong evidence supporting the statement;
      • Grade II is Fair;
      • Grade III is Limited/Weak;
      • Grade IV is Expert Opinion Only;
      • Grade V is Not Assignable.
      • High (A) means we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect;
      • Moderate (B) means we are moderately confident in the effect estimate;
      • Low (C) means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited;
      • Very Low (D) means we have very little confidence in the effect estimate.
      • Ungraded means a grade is not assignable.
    How does adolescent-only treatment of obesity compare to interventions with both adolescents and their parents (together)?
    • Conclusion

      Studies directly comparing parent-and-adolescent together vs. adolescent-only obesity treatment formats are inconsistent in their findings about the different effects of these two treatment formats. Thus, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether one treatment format is better than the other in bringing about weight loss outcomes.

    • Grade: V
      • Grade I means there is Good/Strong evidence supporting the statement;
      • Grade II is Fair;
      • Grade III is Limited/Weak;
      • Grade IV is Expert Opinion Only;
      • Grade V is Not Assignable.
      • High (A) means we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect;
      • Moderate (B) means we are moderately confident in the effect estimate;
      • Low (C) means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited;
      • Very Low (D) means we have very little confidence in the effect estimate.
      • Ungraded means a grade is not assignable.
    How does treatment of adolescent obesity by interventions with parents and adolescents together compare to interventions with parents and adolescents separate?
    • Conclusion

      There is not enough research to be able to determine whether treating adolescent obesity by treating parents and adolescents together may be better or worse than treating them separately. It is possible that neither treatment format is preferable to a format that includes parents and adolescents together for some aspects of treatment, while keeping them separate for other aspects of treatment.

    • Grade: V
      • Grade I means there is Good/Strong evidence supporting the statement;
      • Grade II is Fair;
      • Grade III is Limited/Weak;
      • Grade IV is Expert Opinion Only;
      • Grade V is Not Assignable.
      • High (A) means we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect;
      • Moderate (B) means we are moderately confident in the effect estimate;
      • Low (C) means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited;
      • Very Low (D) means we have very little confidence in the effect estimate.
      • Ungraded means a grade is not assignable.