The effect of two weight reduction maintenance strategies for moderately/mildly retarded adults
1986
Rotatori. A.F. | Zinkgraf, S. | Matson, J. | Fox, R. | Sexton, D. | Wade, P.
A study of 13 trainable, overweight, mentally retarded adults who had completed a 12-week behavioral therapy weight reduction program followed by a 10-month post-program weight monitoring period, randomly assigned 7 subjects to a 12-month maintenance booster session group and 6 subjects to a control post-treatment group. Weight loss continued in all adults during the 10-month post-program weight monitoring period; however, during the 12-month period thereafter, the maintenance booster group continued to lose weight, while the control group only maintained their weight loss. Twelve months after this 12-month period, a follow-up weighing indicated that the long-term success of the 12-month booster session was not maintained. The implications of the results of this study are discussed.(wz)
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