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Treating Adolescent Obesity

Long-range Evaluation of Previous Therapy

Adolescent Clinic, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98105

V. Campbell

Adolescent Clinic, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98105

J. Woolley

Adolescent Clinic, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98105

In a follow-up study of 65 obese adolescents, 19 had achieved a non obese status while 46 remained obese. Twelve adolescents maintained the weight loss initiated during clinic attendance. Obese adolescents given dietary instruction and placed on a diet were more successful at losing and maintaining their lower weight than those treated with a nondietary approach. Although nine adolescents lost weight who had not received a diet, only two maintained this weight loss and none achieved a nonobese status. Group treatment did not ap pear to produce better long-term results than individual treatment.

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