[Treatment of obesity by behavior therapy (author's transl)]. / Die Behandlung von Fettsucht mit Verhaltenstherapie

Many possibilities are discussed to influence abnormal eating behavior by methods of behavior modification by learning principles. Amongst the usually employed procedures of operant conditioning, of self-control, of aversive stimuli and behavior modification by contract as new methods are used: learning by models and self-determination (giving marks as in school) of eating behavior. The proceedings are illustrated by 5 own cases (children between 9 and 13 years old). Success for longer periods was only obtained in 3 cases where a self-control program was practised.