title: Maintenance following a very-low-calorie diet.
abstract: The authors posed 2 questions in this randomized study of maintenance procedures in which participants were followed for 15 months after completion of a very-low-calorie diet: Would stimulus narrowing during the reintroduction of solid food, achieved by the use of prepackaged foods, improve weight losses and the maintenance of those losses as compared with the use of regular food? Would reintroduction of foods dependent on progress in losing or maintaining weight be superior to reintroduction on a time-dependent basis? Neither the stimulus narrowing condition nor the reintroduction procedure enhanced either maximum weight loss or maintenance of those losses. The stimulus narrowing condition appeared to be poorly tolerated; compliance and attendance were poorer in this condition than in the regular food condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5544, USA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Agras
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Arnow
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Telch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marnell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wilfley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D015431:Weight Loss