Weight reduction--an enigma
- 1 July 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 118 (1) , 1-2
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.118.1.1
Abstract
The results of a weight reduction program involving 199 subjects at least 50% above their ideal weight are presented. Only subjects with at least a 12-mo. follow-up were included. Twenty-three (12%) were able to achieve and maintain a 20-lb (9.1 kg) and 11 (6%) a 40-lb (18.1 kg) weight loss. Of these 23, 4 (2%) were able to reduce below 50% overweight. Only 1 subject was able to approach ideal weight.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: