A weight control program for students using diet and behavior therapy.
A twelve-week weight-reducing program for students was conducted at the University of Kentucky. The program, which was developed and directed by graduate students in nutrition, utilized a combination of behavior therapy and diet therapy. Initiated in the spring of 1975, the program has been continued in the 1975-76 year. All students completing the program achieved weight reduction. Their weight losses averaged 2/3 lb. a week. The dropout rate for the program was 40 per cent. One-third of the participants completing the program reached their weight-reduction goals. These results suggest that further attempts should be made to improve weight-reducing suitable for college students.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students