The results of treatment for obesity: a review of the literature and report of a series
A Stunkard, M McLaren-Hume - AMA archives of internal …, 1959 - jamanetwork.com
The current widespread concern with weight reduction rests on at least two assumptions:
first, that weight-reduction programs are effective; second, that they are harmless. Recent
studies indicate that such programs may be far from harmless. 1, 2 This report documents
their ineffectiveness. The results of treatment, as reported in the medical literature of the past
30 years, are first reviewed. The results of routine treatment of 100 consecutive obese
persons in the Nutrition Clinic of the New York Hospital are then reported. Review of the …
first, that weight-reduction programs are effective; second, that they are harmless. Recent
studies indicate that such programs may be far from harmless. 1, 2 This report documents
their ineffectiveness. The results of treatment, as reported in the medical literature of the past
30 years, are first reviewed. The results of routine treatment of 100 consecutive obese
persons in the Nutrition Clinic of the New York Hospital are then reported. Review of the …