{"id":5898,"date":"2015-02-09T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=5898"},"modified":"2015-02-09T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:00:33","slug":"residential-treatment-program-helps-obese-kids-lose-weight-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/02\/09\/residential-treatment-program-helps-obese-kids-lose-weight-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential Treatment Program Helps Obese Kids Lose Weight, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/01\/07\/many-insurers-dont-cover-drugs-for-weight-loss\/caroline-apovian-300x300-150x150\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5614\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/01\/Caroline-Apovian-300x300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Caroline-Apovian-300x300-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5614\" \/><\/a>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/experts\/profiles\/caroline-apovian\/\">Caroline Apovian<\/a>, MD, medicine and pediatrics<\/h4>\n<p>Extremely obese kids in an intensive 10-month residential treatment program lost more weight than their counterparts, and appeared to reverse artery damage that could lead to clogged arteries and heart disease, according to a new study from Belgium.<\/p>\n<h3>Expert quote:<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Caroline Apovian, a professor of medicine and pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine, said the study appears to be valid. It&#8217;s significant because it shows the reversal of the artery problems, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Endothelial dysfunction is the beginning of heart disease, which is striking to see in an adolescent,&#8221; Apovian said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This matters a lot in the long run as long as the weight loss is maintained,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/articles\/2015\/02\/09\/residential-treatment-program-helps-obese-kids-lose-weight-study-finds\">full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report Caroline Apovian, MD, medicine and pediatrics Extremely obese kids in an intensive 10-month residential treatment program lost more weight than their counterparts, and appeared to reverse artery damage that could lead to clogged arteries and heart disease, according to a new study from Belgium. Expert quote: Dr. Caroline Apovian, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}