THE GROUP APPROACH FOR WEIGHT CONTROL

Abstract

Obesity has been called America's greatest problem in preventive medicine, Its importance to public health Lies in the possible relationship between over-weight and such chronic illnesses as diabetes and heart disease. The significance of obesity is also borne out in the statistics which show that life expectance is greater for those who do not gain above the average weight for their height and sex between the ages of 25 and 3 0 than it is for those of their contemporaries who become overweight.