Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 1986

Source Publication

Journal of Obesity and Weight Regulation

Abstract

Seventeen trainable mentally retarded youths were assigned to either a behavior therapy (N = 6), an obese wait·list control group (N = 5) or a normal weight control group (N = 6). The behavior therapy subjects lost significantly more weight than the two control groups who gained weight. The behavior therapy subjects achieved significant reductions in tricep skin· fold thickness, abdominal circumferences, and diastolic blood pressure measures by the end of the 21·week treatment program. The advantages of using multiple dependent measures is discussed.

Comments

Published version. The Journal of Obesity and Weight Regulation, Vol. 5, No. 1, (1986): 11-17. © 1986 Human Sciences Press.