ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Oct;44(10):2011–2022. 10.1038/s41366-020-0644-1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32713944/Schur et al. addressed the question, whether responsiveness to visual food cues in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is related to the treatment success of a 6-month Family-based Behavioral Treatment (...

Christian.roth@deattlechildrens.org J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022; doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac299. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35544121/Brief Summary: In this intervention study, the effect of a 24-week family-based behavioral obesity intervention on brain activation, measured by v...

Brief summary: Roth et al. studied the relationship between obesity outcomes and meal-induced changes in neural activation to high- versus low-calorie food cues before and after 24-week family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) in n=28 children (9–11 years) with obesity and in n=17 children of healthy weight without intervention (9–11 years). Among children with obesity who underwent FBT, unfavorable changes were observed in peripheral hormon...