Weight reduction at the work site: a promise partially fulfilled
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 142 (1) , 47-52
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.1.47
Abstract
Three consecutive studies of weight reduction at the work site were conducted with 172 female union members, who participated in 16-wk behavioral group programs. There was no significant difference in weight loss over the 3 studies, but attrition decreased from 57.5% to 33.8% and weight loss maintenance improved. Groups that met 3 to 4 times weekly had less attrition than those which met once a week, but had no more weight loss. These behavioral weight reduction programs were as effective as self-help and commercial groups, and lay leaders produced results equivalent to those produced by professional therapists at 1/3 the cost.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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