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Improving long-term weight loss: Pushing the limits of treatment

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Brownell, Kelly D., Jeffery, Robert W.·1987·Behavior Therapy
DOI 10.1016/s0005-7894(87)80004-7
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This paper adopts an aggressive stance on short-term and long-term weight losses produced by treatment of obesity. For many years the behavior therapy field has settled for small weight losses. This has resulted in part from a focus on “maintenance,” which implies something worth maintaining. Complacency has occurred because of the contest mentality underlying the design of parametric studies which compare behavior therapy to various alternatives and find behavior therapy to be the “treatment of choice.” It is not surprising that behavior therapy emerges the victor in these contests, given that the comparison groups are pseudotreatments such as nondirective group therapy rather than the widely used forms of dieting (e.g., Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, self-imposed diets). There is renewed cause for hope, however. The most recent generation of behavioral programs can produce substantial weight losses, apparently because programs are both longer and better. This paper proposes specific methods for testing the limits of treatment for obesity, in hopes that greater initial losses will be accompanied by more effective approaches to maintenance. In addition, we propose that more attention be focused on matching individuals to treatments, so that professionals serve a dual role of providing their treatment to those who are best suited and referring others elsewhere.

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Authors
Brownell, K. D., & Jeffery, R. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Brownell, Kelly D.
Venue
Behavior Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1987
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
353-374
ISSN
0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0005-7894(87)80004-7
OpenAlex
W2041906096
Cited by
198
References
80
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 1
FWCI
11.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity and Health Practices
Keywords
obesity treatment, weight loss, long-term weight maintenance, dieting, treatment matching, referral, behavioral weight loss program

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