title: Maintenance of weight loss after a very-low-calorie diet involving behavioral treatment.
abstract: The long-term effects of a very-low-calorie diet coupled with behavioral therapy were studied for 209 subjects. Although a low goal weight, frequent calorie counting and exercise, and a later age of onset of obesity predicted a low relative weight, most respondents had regained most of the weight they had lost.
authors.affiliation: College of Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131-1246, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss