Article
A Parent-Teacher Administered Weight Reduction Program for Obese Down's Syndrome Adolescents
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
3 p.
Publication Date
1-1-1979
Publisher
Elsevier
Disciplines
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.
Citation Information
Robert A. Fox. "A Parent-Teacher Administered Weight Reduction Program for Obese Down's Syndrome Adolescents" Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry (1979) ISSN: 0005-7916 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_fox/69/
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol 10, No. 4 (December 1979): 339-341. DOI.