Influences on weight loss in type 2 diabetic patients: little long-term benefit from group behaviour therapy and exercise training.

The aim of our study was to assess the long-term (24 months) efficacy of a comprehensive weight reduction programme as compared to that of a conventional programme. The Comprehensive Programme comprised, besides the Conventional Programme (diet counselling), behavioural modification and exercise training. The 2-year follow-up period was completed by 53 patients (19M/34F; 88.

The discriminative value of psychological characteristics in anorexia nervosa. Clinical and psychometric comparison between anorexia nervosa patients, ballet dancers and controls.

The present controlled study examined anorexic and psychological characteristics of female ballet dancers, who by career choice must focus on thinness, and anorexia nervosa patients. Anorexia nervosa (AN) patients, female ballet (BA) students as well as asymptomatic female controls (AF) were compared with respect to the psychological characteristics: the Drive to Achieve, the Motive to Avoid Failure (Negative Fear of Failure) and the Motive to Achieve (Positive Fear of Failure). The results confirmed previous empirical and clinical findings that the AN group and the BA group can be differentiated from a control group with respect to a heightened Drive to Achieve.