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Factors in Weight Management: A Research Story

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Investigative teams from the fields of behavior analysis and physical activity/nutrition collaborated on a 10-year program of discovery and research to identify effective approaches to weight loss and maintenance by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Three phases are reported: (a) initial observations of dietary intake in a small sample of group-home residents, (b) a single-arm evaluation of a packaged-meal diet, and (c) a controlled clinical trial comparing the packaged meals with a conventional reduced-energy diet with an extended weight-maintenance phase. Conclusions regarding practical applications and recommendations for future research are provided.

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    The weight charts, stop light guides, intake self-recording forms and so forth, described in Phases II and III may be found at, and downloaded from www.diet.ku.edu.

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    Richard R. Saunders & Muriel D. Saunders

  2. Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Joseph E. Donnelly & Lauren T. Ptomey

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Saunders, R.R., Saunders, M.D., Donnelly, J.E., Ptomey, L.T. (2019). Factors in Weight Management: A Research Story. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20843-1_56

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