“Metabolic endocrine and cardiovascular aberrations: the effects of the COACH approach”

Keywords: overweight, children, treatment

Overweight children have a high immediate and future risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This is largely caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. The results of this dissertation reveal that long-term, targeted outpatient care from the Centre for Overweight Adolescent and Children's Healthcare (COACH) at Maastricht UMC+ contributes to improving long-term weight control and minimising the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease in overweight children. Interestingly, obese children are just as successful in the COACH programme as overweight children.