Family & Friends - the Significance of a Significant Other in Treatment
Family & Friends - the Significance of a Significant Other in Treatment
This study focuses on the difficulties to maintain a weight loss and behavioural change after
 having been in a institutional intermittent weight loss programme.

 We explore if including a member of the family or a close friend in the treatment influences
 weight loss maintenance after completion of the programme.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Morbid obesity

 -  18-50 years of age

 -  Having a relative or close friend who is willing to participate

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Pregnancy

 -  Serious mental illness

 -  Severe overeating behaviour

 -  Significant reduced physical functioning

 -  Having undergone bariatric surgery earlier

 -  Serious heart disease