Article: Behavior modification reduces body fat in obese Korean children.

2004 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A behavior modification program reduced body fat in obese Korean children.

"This study was performed to investigate the effects of behavior modification on body image, depression and body fat in obese elementary school children. Sixty-two elementary students of the fourth to sixth grade were selected from two different Seoul schools. Thirty-four children in one school were designated as the experimental group, and 28 children from the other school as the control group," researchers in South Korea report.

"The experimental group received 60-70 minutes of behavior modification, once a week, for 8 weeks," said ...

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