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Researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person’s needs

22 Jul: Researchers pave the way for individualized obesity therapy, tailoring interventions to a person’s needs

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced diet, exercise and behavior therapy. The individualized approach was based on phenotypes and included different interventions

How effective is Functional Family Therapy for addressing youth behavior problems?

19 Jul: How effective is Functional Family Therapy for addressing youth behavior problems?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Functional Family Therapy is a family-based intervention for youth with behavior problems, and although it’s been implemented in 45 states in the U.S and in nine other high-income countries, a recent analysis of published and unpublished studies found that the therapy is not consistently more or less effective than other treatments