title: [Evaluation of a weight reduction program: slender without diets].
abstract: "Schlank ohne Diät" ("Weight-Reduction Without Diet") is a strategy to normalize body weight, by influencing multiple factors that appear to influence and promote obesity. The base line of therapy is the modification of nutritional habits. Self-control, especially monitoring and recording of calorie intake and the loss of energy by physical activities is the key that trains every client to change his nutritional habits and helps to reduce body weight and keep normal body weight stable. In a retrospective study, including 134 persons, 84 clients (62,69%) were able to reduce body weight, 9 clients (6,72%) reached starting point of weight and in 30,60% (41 clients) during the participation in this methods an increase of body weight was seen. On an average 120 clients achieved a weight reduction of 5.98 kg during the participation in this method. The loss of weight ranged from 1 to 31 kg per person.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Universität Wien.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kiefer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schoberberger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunze
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*
vernacular_title: Evaluation des Gewichtsreduktionsverfahrens: Schlank ohne Diät.