A Parent-Teacher Administered Weight Reduction Program for Obese Down's Syndrome Adolescents

Authors

Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

3 p.

Publication Date

1979

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Source ISSN

0005-7916

Abstract

Six moderately retarded adolescents with Down's Syndrome participated in a parent-teacher administered behavioral weight reduction program. The program involved graduated exposure to a number of weight reduction techniques combined with external and self-administered reinforcement components over a 19-week treatment and maintenance period. All subjects achieved significant weight loss during treatment and maintenance phases. Twenty-six and fifty-two week follow-ups revealed that weight loss was maintained.

Comments

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol 10, No. 4 (December 1979): 339-341. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Fox, Robert A., "A Parent-Teacher Administered Weight Reduction Program for Obese Down's Syndrome Adolescents" (1979). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 256.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/256