title: Type II diabetic subjects lose less weight than their overweight nondiabetic spouses.
abstract: To determine whether diabetic individuals have more difficulty losing weight than nondiabetic individuals, 12 overweight diabetic subjects (6 men, 6 women) and their overweight nondiabetic spouses were treated together in a behavioral weight-control program. Diabetic and nondiabetic subjects did not differ in age, weight, or percent overweight. Weight losses of nondiabetic spouses were significantly greater than those of diabetic patients (13.4 +/- 1.7 vs. 7.5 +/- 1.4 kg; P less than .01). Differences emerged by wk 5 and became greater over the 20-wk program. Nondiabetic subjects reduced their intake significantly more than diabetics, suggesting that differences in dietary adherence were responsible for the differences in weight loss.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213.
authors: R R
authors: RR
authors: Wing
authors: M D
authors: MD
authors: Marcus
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Epstein
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Salata
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001835:Body Weight; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*