title: Long-term outcome of a self-help very-low-calorie-diet weight-loss program.
abstract: This paper presents 90-wk data on five seriously overweight subjects originally brought together for 1-2 wk in simple residential accommodation to share the experience of beginning a program of very-low-calorie dieting. All subjects have remained well below their starting weight; four of the five subjects have continued to lose weight (weight losses 33.7-66.8 kg), now weighing less than at the end of the first 26 wk previously reported (1). It is proposed that this self-help group model, incorporating a very-low-calorie diet, is valuable for the long-term management of obesity.
authors.affiliation: Howard Foundation Research, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kreitzman
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Coxon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walls
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000178:diet therapy*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss