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A Study of Weight Reducing Diets in Psychiatric In-Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Janet M. Knox
Janet M. Knox*
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow; Now Deputy Chief Dietitian, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow
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Summary

Seventy-four overweight psychiatric in-patients were treated with weight reducing diets for periods varying from 6 months to 34 months. Seventy per cent lost weight and 18 per cent attained an ideal weight. Weight reducing diets should be considered an important aspect of treatment for the majority of obese patients in psychiatric hospitals regardless of the cause of obesity.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 136 , Issue 3 , March 1980 , pp. 287 - 289
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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