Long-term results of two behavior modification weight loss programs using nutritionists as therapists

Behavior TherapyPublished 1 September 1978

William M. Beneke, Barbara K. Paulsen, Mary Bess Kohrs, William T. McReynolds, Ruth N. Lutz

DOI10.1016/s0005-7894(78)80122-1

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An 18-month follow-up for 54 subjects in two behavioral weight-loss treatments which employed nutritionists as therapists showed the treatment based on stimulus control (FM) to be consistently superior to a combination of procedures (BC) treatment.

Abstract

This study reports an 18-month follow-up for 54 subjects in two behavioral weight-loss treatments which employed nutritionists as therapists as described in McReynolds, Lutz, Paulsen, and Kohrs (1976). Follow-up interviews 9, 12, and 18 months after treatment showed the treatment based on stimulus control (FM) to be consistently superior to a combination of procedures (BC) treatment. At the time of the 18-month contact, FM subjects had maintained 80% of their treatment losses while BC subjects had maintained about 50% of their initial losses. Four subjects in the BC condition, but none in the FM condition, regained all of their treatment loss. Four subjects in each treatment condition lost additional weight during the 18-month post-treatment period.

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