Impact of motivational interviewing on engagement in a parent‐exclusive paediatric obesity intervention: randomized controlled trial of NOURISH+MI

Attrition and treatment adherence are notorious challenges in paediatric obesity interventions.To evaluate if brief, pretreatment motivational interviewing (MI) can improve retention (at baseline, post-assessment and follow-up assessment) and adherence (i.e. attendance) in a parent-exclusive paediatric obesity intervention.MI was implemented with parents as an adjunct to a larger randomized controlled trial of Nourishing Our Understanding of...