Note: In 2023 the APA Board of Directors appointed a multidisciplinary panel to update the 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Children and Adolescents. Reports on the panel’s progress and requests for input will be made periodically to the APA Council of Representatives, APA boards and committees, APA members, and the broader public.
- See Placing Clinical Practice Guidelines in Context for guidance on the use of this guideline.
- See A Closer Look at APA’s Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Children and Adolescents.
Decision aid
Decision-making within evidence-based practice in psychology: Using the APA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Children and Adolescents (PDF, 54KB)opens in new window
Supplemental materials
Systematic Review
- Multicomponent Behavioral Interventions for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: A systematic evidence review (PDF, 3.25MB)opens in new window
- Multicomponent Behavioral Interventions for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Appendixes (PDF, 4.86MB)opens in new window
Evidence Grid
In this grid, the key questions incorporated from the appendix document of the systematic review is presented across the top row. Each column in the grid reflects a particular treatment or treatment comparison from the review while each row reflects a particular outcome (i.e., mean zBMI reduction). The effect size along with relevant information (i.e., confidence interval) is presented at the intersection of rows and columns. This is followed by information on the panel’s ratings of the benefits, harms, balance of benefits vs. harms, patient values and preferences, applicability, and overall recommendation statement for each intervention or comparison of treatments.