Treatment is based on a long-term cooperation, the participant is monitored even after reaching the target weight. The objective of this long-term treatment is to repeat a new behavioral pattern, until it becomes more stable. Participants over time control their behavior more easily and, consequently, maintain lower weight. The program involved a multidisciplinary team of experts; a physician, a nurse, a physical therapist and a professor of physical education.
The program shall include overweight and obese persons based on a GP referral or a motivated individual who wants to lose weight. In the case where program includes children, one of the parents must attend the program, whereas behavioral patterns in the domestic environment may only change with the help of their parents.
Participants of the obesity treatment program at the closing session at Rožnik.