Changes in Biomedical and Physical Correlates in Behavioral Weight Loss with Retarded Youths

Authors

Anthony F. Rotatori, University of New Orleans
Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow
Johnny Matson, Northern Illinois University.
Sudha Mehta, Northern Illinois University.
Annetta Baker, Hope-D-Wall School
Wanda R. Lopuch, Marquette University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

7 p.

Publication Date

Spring 1986

Publisher

Human Sciences Press (Springer)

Source Publication

Journal of Obesity and Weight Regulation

Source ISSN

0731-4361

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. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Rotatori, Anthony F.; Fox, Robert A.; Matson, Johnny; Mehta, Sudha; Baker, Annetta; and Lopuch, Wanda R., "Changes in Biomedical and Physical Correlates in Behavioral Weight Loss with Retarded Youths" (1986). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 204.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/204