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Treatment of obesity by very low calorie diet, behavior therapy, and their combination: a five-year perspective.
Int J Obes. 1989; 13 Suppl 2:39-46.IJ

Abstract

Seventy-six obese women with a mean age of 42.1 years and weight of 106.0 kg were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: (a) very low calorie diet alone; (b) behavior therapy alone; or their combination (i.e. combined treatment). Weight losses for the three conditions at the end of treatment were 13.1, 13.0, and 16.8 kg, respectively, with losses for combined treatment significantly greater than those for the two other conditions. Weight losses 1 year after treatment were 4.7, 6.6, and 10.6 kg, respectively. A significantly greater percentage of subjects in the behavior therapy alone (36 percent) and combined treatment conditions (32 percent) maintained their full end-of-treatment weight losses than in the very low calorie diet alone condition (5 percent). Five years after treatment, a majority of subjects in all three conditions had returned to their pretreatment weight, and 55 percent of the total sample had received additional weight reduction therapy. The short and long term effects of treatment are discussed in terms of their implications for practice and research.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Wadden TA
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia 19104.
Sternberg JA
No affiliation info available
Letizia KA
No affiliation info available
Stunkard AJ
No affiliation info available
Foster GD
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultBehavior TherapyCombined Modality TherapyDiet, ReducingEnergy IntakeFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedObesityRandom AllocationWeight Loss

Pub Type(s)

Clinical Trial
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

2613427

Citation

Wadden, T A., et al. "Treatment of Obesity By Very Low Calorie Diet, Behavior Therapy, and Their Combination: a Five-year Perspective." International Journal of Obesity, vol. 13 Suppl 2, 1989, pp. 39-46.
Wadden TA, Sternberg JA, Letizia KA, et al. Treatment of obesity by very low calorie diet, behavior therapy, and their combination: a five-year perspective. Int J Obes. 1989;13 Suppl 2:39-46.
Wadden, T. A., Sternberg, J. A., Letizia, K. A., Stunkard, A. J., & Foster, G. D. (1989). Treatment of obesity by very low calorie diet, behavior therapy, and their combination: a five-year perspective. International Journal of Obesity, 13 Suppl 2, 39-46.
Wadden TA, et al. Treatment of Obesity By Very Low Calorie Diet, Behavior Therapy, and Their Combination: a Five-year Perspective. Int J Obes. 1989;13 Suppl 2:39-46. PubMed PMID: 2613427.
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