Trevose Observation Paper

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I observed the Trevose Behavior Modification Program. I chose this wellness class because I personally have seen many people around me be successful on the program. Trevose is an intense weight loss program that’s main focus is behavioral modification. When David Zelitch started Trevose in 1970 in Philadelphia there were only ten members. David suffered a myocardial infarction and soon after his medical scare lost nearly one hundred pounds. David lost the weight by following the behavioral modifications taught by Dr. Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Today Trevose has thousands of successful members and is still growing. The intended audience of Trevose Behavioral Modification Program is people who are overweight and seeking help to lose the extra pounds they have, and maintain their weight once they do. Each group consists of ten members. The group I monitored contained nine middle-aged Caucasian women and one middle-aged Caucasian male, each with one common goal: lose weight and then keep it off. Each week the group meets for an hour; during the first six months of the program, that hour is used to complete an intensive study of each member’s …show more content…

Behavioral modification is used to change group members’ ways to deal with food and to promote weight loss. Trevose stresses that the program is a complete lifestyle change, not a diet one does for a couple of months. Part of what makes Trevose so successful is the program rules. Trevose is strict, which keeps members accountable for their weight loss each month. The rules include: perfect attendance at the weekly meetings, keeping a weekly food journal, meeting the established monthly weight loss goals, maintaining weight loss once their goal weight is reached, and teaching what they have learned through the program to others on their weight loss

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