Outpatient treatment of obesity with a very-low-calorie formula diet.
Moderately obese male and female patients were treated with a very-low-calorie formula diet at the hospital outpatient clinic. All 23 subjects had a Quetelet index of at least 285 at entry. Sixty per cent of patients adhered to the diet for a four week period with a mean weight loss of 7.9 kg. Over eight weeks, 40 per cent had continued with the diet with continued weight loss. No serious side effect was noted.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy*; D013997:Time Factors