Innovative interventions to promote behavioral change in overweight or obese individuals: A review of the literature
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The overweight and obesity trends have risen over the past few decades, placing significant burdens on health care in terms of increased morbidity and cost. Behavioral change therapy is an effective treatment strategy and includes goal setting, self-monitoring, problem solving, and reinforcement tactics. Traditionally, behavior change therapy has been delivered using face-to-face counseling along with paper and pen recording of dietary intake and physical activity. The current advances in technology provide opportunities to deliver interventions using cellphones, internet, and active video games. These new methods to deliver behavior change for the management and prevention of obesity are being developed in order to increase access, improve convenience, decrease cost, and increase participant engagement. In this review, we present new approaches to promote behavior changes in the management of obesity. Currently available data show promising results. However, future research is needed to address study limitations and implementation challenges of these innovative interventions.
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- Authors
- Okorodudu, D. E., Bosworth, H. B., & Corsino, L.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Corsino, Leonor
- Venue
- Annals of Medicine
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-07-10
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 179-185
- ISSN
- 0785-3890 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2060
- PMC
- PMC4398644
- OpenAlex
- W2042543424
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annals of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (T32DK007012)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Keywords
- obesity, overweight, behaviour change interventions, behavior therapy, technology-based interventions, mobile health, online intervention, exergames, goal setting, self-monitoring, obesity prevention, obesity treatment
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Counseling, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Weight Loss, Exercise, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Overweight
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