Long-term outcome of a self-help very-low-calorie-diet weight-loss program.
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.
Cox
J S
JS
Howard Foundation Research, Cambridge, UK.
Kreitzman
S N
SN
Coxon
A Y
AY
Walls
J
J
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