Self-efficacy in relation to eating behaviour among obese and non-obese women.

Objective: To assess the effect of a 3 month behaviour modification weight management programme on self-efficacy and anthropometric variables among obese women seeking treatment at an obesity management clinic and to compare self-efficacy among these obese women to non-obese women.

Design: Cross sectional.

Subjects: A total of 161 non-obese (BMI 22.

[A unique case of destructive polyarthritis associated with multicentric Castleman's disease].

This is an original report of a 75-year-old woman suffering from multicentric Castleman's disease associated with a destructive polyarthritis, which do not correspond to any known rhumatologic disease. Cattleman's disease (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia) is a lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. Two forms are described: a localized and a multicentric.

The effect of an individual versus group program on weight loss.

The therapy of obesity is difficult and success rates are low. Because of these observations many different therapeutic modalities have been advocated. In this study the short term weight loss results using individual and group approaches are described.