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Behavioral treatment of obesity
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Behavioral treatment is an approach used to help individuals develop a set of skills to achieve a healthier weight. It is more than helping people to decide what to change; it is helping them identify how to change. The behavior change process is facilitated through the use of self-monitoring, goal setting, and problem solving. Studies suggest that behavioral treatment produces weight loss of 8-10% during the first 6 mo of treatment. Structured approaches such as meal replacements and food provision have been shown to increase the magnitude of weight loss. Most research on behavioral treatment has been conducted in university-based clinic programs. Although such studies are important, they tell us little about the effectiveness of these approaches in settings outside of specialized clinics. Future research might focus more on determining how these behavioral techniques can be best applied in a real-world setting.
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“For example, in Foster behavioral treatment produces weight loss of approximately 10 kg during the first six months of treatment (Foster 2005), yet a recent weight loss maintenance study by Perri and colleagues observed a weight regain of only 3.7 kg in the control group over 12 months (Perri 2008).”
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“which typically led to a loss of 7% to 10% of body weight over 26 weeks (Foster 2005).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Foster, G. D., Makris, A. P., & Bailer, B. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- Foster, Gary D
- Venue
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-07
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 230S-235S
- ISSN
- 0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1872618397
- Cited by
- 297
- References
- 54
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- FWCI
- 12.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R01AT001103, AT01103-01)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- obesity, behavior therapy, weight loss, self-monitoring, goal setting, problem solving, meal replacement, food provisioning, real-world effectiveness
- MeSH terms
- Behavior Therapy, Diet, Reducing, Empathy, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Life Style, Obesity, Patient Compliance, Weight Loss, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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