TY - JOUR T1 - Diet, behavior modification, and exercise: a review of obesity treatments from a long-term perspective. A1 - Safer,D J, PY - 1991/12/1/pubmed PY - 1991/12/1/medline PY - 1991/12/1/entrez SP - 1470 EP - 4 JF - Southern medical journal JO - South Med J VL - 84 IS - 12 N2 - Reviewed herein are the long-term weight loss outcomes of three fairly recent major modifications of standard dietary therapy for obesity. Appraised separately and in combination, these therapeutic approaches are very low calorie diets (VLCD), behavior modification, and exercise. The weight loss results from VLCD are impressive for only the first 6 to 10 months. Adding behavioral procedures to VLCD increases the weight loss for the first year or two, but not in 3 to 5 years. Adding exercise further increases the weight loss at 1 to 2 years, and those who continue regular exercise achieve the best weight loss results 1 to 6 years later. SN - 0038-4348 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/1749981/Diet_behavior_modification_and_exercise:_a_review_of_obesity_treatments_from_a_long_term_perspective_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -