The Evidence

Explore the articles below to learn more about the research behind the Healthy Weight Clinic.

• Castro, I., Ruggiero, C. F., Luo, M., Smith, J. D., Perkins, M. E., Liebhart, J., Lindros, J., … , & Fiechtner, L. (2025). Implementation and effectiveness of the Healthy Weight Clinic Type III hybrid trial: Massachusetts CORD 3.0. Childhood Obesity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/21532176251386213 
• Ruggiero, C. F., French, D. D., Smith, J. D., Perkins, M. E., Liebhart, J., Lindros, J., Salmon, J., Biggs, V., Wu, A. J., Wright, D. R., Taveras, E. M., & Fiechtner, L. (2025). Development and application of a cost tool for a primary care-based intensive health behaviour and lifestyle treatment. Pediatric Obesity, e70028. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.70028
• Sharifi, M., Fiechtner, L. G., Barrett, J. L., et al. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of a primary care-based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care. Obesity, 32(9), 1734–1744. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24111 
• Sierra Velez, D., Simione, M., Castro, I., Perkins, M., Luo, M., Taveras, E. M., & Fiechtner, L. (2022). Effects of a pediatric weight management intervention on parental stress. Childhood Obesity, 18(3), 160–167. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2021.0146  
• Harshman, S. G., Castro, I., Perkins, M., Luo, M., Barrett Mueller, K., Cena, H., Portale, S., Raspini, B., Taveras, E., & Fiechtner, L. (2022). Pediatric weight management interventions improve prevalence of overeating behaviors. International Journal of Obesity, 46(3), 630–636. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00989-x  
• Fiechtner, L., Perkins, M., Biggs, V., Langhans, N., Sharifi, M., Price, S., Luo, M., Locascio, J. J., Hohman, K. H., Hodge, H., Gortmaker, S., Torres, S., & Taveras, E. M. (2021). Comparative effectiveness of clinical and community-based approaches to healthy weight. Pediatrics, 148(4), e2021050405. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-050405    
• Taveras, E. M., Marshall, R., Sharifi, M., Avalon, E., Fiechtner, L., Horan, C., Gerber, M. W., Orav, E. J., Price, S. N., Sequist, T., & Slater, D. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of clinical-community childhood obesity interventions: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 171(8), e171325. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1325