Abstract
A survey of weight control techniques indicates need for a weight-loss program which integrates appropriate eating behavior into everyday life and research that follows up patients to see if weight loss is maintained. A successful hypnotherapeutic program is described and illustrated through six case histories. Beginning, end-of-treatment, and follow-up data are presented and compared to summarized results of behavioral techniques; hypnotherapy showed shorter length of treatment and greater loss at follow-up. Patients' success with the adjunct of a taped induction was interpreted as failure to internalize suggestions, increased relaxation with resultant reduction in desire to eat, or a booster effect, similar to but not as powerful as, a return session.
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