title: [Diet and psychological therapy in a group of severely obese patients].
abstract: The authors evaluated the usefulness of the psychological therapy in addition to usual diet treatment. Fifty subjects with severe obesity, have been randomly assigned to two different treatment groups: a) diet; b) diet plus psychotherapy. At the end of the study only the patients treated with diet plus psychotherapy showed any highly significant body weight reduction and a better diet adherence.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Colajanni
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Averna
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barbagallo
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lo Cascio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Traina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Notarbartolo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy
vernacular_title: Terapia dietetica e psicologica in un gruppo di grandi obesi.