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Age at onset of obesity in relation to baseline and performance characteristics of partially fasting obese adults
Author(s) -
Genender Ellen,
Wellisch David,
Pasnau Robert O.,
Fawzy Fawzy I.,
Quinn Mary Catherine,
Dornfeld Leslie,
Maxwell Morton
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198222)1:4<43::aid-eat2260010404>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , age of onset , young adult , pediatrics , weight loss , early adulthood , disease
Childhood and teenage onset obese have been found to respond less favorably than their adult onset counterparts in treatment for weight reduction. In the present study of adult outpatient response to long term partial fasting, performance among childhood, teenage and adult onset groups was compared. All three onset groups staved in treatment an average of 22 weeks and lost approximately 62 pounds. However, teenage onset patients left treatment significantly more obese than adult onset patients. Teenage onset patients left treatment more obese than adult not because they performed less well but because they entered treatment more obese.