Self-monitoring of progress in weight-reduction: A preliminary report

E. B. Fisher; Leonard Green; Carol Friedling; Jeffrey Levenkron; Fran Lang Porter

doi:10.1016/0005-7916(76)90108-7

Self-monitoring of progress in weight-reduction: A preliminary report

E. B. Fisher
, Leonard Green
, Carol Friedling
, Jeffrey Levenkron
, Fran Lang Porter

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

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This paper reports a weight-graphing technique which combines feedback with goal-setting and thus makes progress toward goal weight salient. The technique was used by 11 individuals who lost a mean of 9.6 lb in a mean of 39 days. These results are within the range of those obtained with more comprehensive treatments, suggesting that well-chosen feedback as to progress toward naturally-occurring rewards may be an effective change influence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	363-365
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7916(76)90108-7
State	Published - Dec 1976

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