Treatment of Overweight: I. Relationship between Initial Weight and Weight Change during Behavior Therapy of Overweight Individuals: Analysis of Data from Previous Studies

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Abstract
Data from studies of the use of behavior therapy in the treatment of overweight are used to compute correlations between initial weight and weight change. There is a tendency for those with the highest initial weight to lose the most weight. The relationship appears higher when both men and women are included than if data are only from women and when treatment is longer. It is suggested that these results may tentatively be seen as implying a similar relationship between initial disturbance and outcome of treatment in psychotherapy generally.

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