A posthospitalization study of patients treated for obesity by a total fast regimen

Hunscher, Martha A.

doi:10.1016/0026-0495(66)90078-3

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“…In the larger of these studies (Hunscher, 1966) only 50% of the 709 fasted patients replied to the postal inquiry, there was no medical follow-up, and the results must therefore be interpreted with caution. Similarly, 21 % of the 62 patients in the other series (Harrison and Harden, 1966) defaulted within the first year of follow-up and only 24% of the 33 still attending after two years weighed less than before admission.…”

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“…The treatment of obesity by a period of fasting in hospital has achieved popularity since its introduction by Bloom in 1959, and the few reports of its long-term effects have been encouraging (Hunscher, 1966; Harrison and Harden, 1966). We present the follow-up results of fasting in patients having "refractory" obesity in whom this form of treatment has not previously been specifically studied ; these are not encouraging.…”

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Follow-up study of refractory obesity treated by fasting.

MacCuish¹,

Munro²,

Duncan³

1968

BMJ

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Follow-up study of refractory obesity treated by fasting.

MacCuish¹,

Munro²,

Duncan³

1968

BMJ

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“…Huncher 13 reports on a mail survey of 709 patients that Duncan treated by the intermittent starvation technic. After discharge these patients were supposed to fast 1 day/ week and diet until an ideal weight was attained; 50% of patients responded and most were those recently hospitalized.…”

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Follow-Up of Patients Starved for Obesity

Swanson

Dinello

1970

Psychosomatic Medicine

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A follow-up of 1-50 months is presented in 25 superobese subjects who were starved for an average of 38 days. None of the subjects sustained their weight loss but four have had partial success. The patients had marked difficulty dieting after hospital discharge in the face of routine family and work stresses. The maintenance of weight loss was complicated by the psychological problems which were more apparent in these subjects when they were thin, and by the great amount of energy which they had to devote to dieting particularly when they faced the stresses of daily life outside the hospital. For most patients a return to obesity was more comfortable and tolerable than trying to fight with their problem in the presence of environmental demands.

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