Stories of weight management: Factors associated with successful and unsuccessful weight maintenance

Chambers, Julie A.; Swanson, Vivien

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8287.2011.02030.x

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“…The quantitative studies draw on self‐constructed rather than standardized, validated measures . Also in the qualitative studies, the specific interviewing techniques and the analytical procedures used were in general well described . This allows investigative work to be duplicated; it also makes it possible to keep track of the way in which analytical themes are generated and to assess whether analytical procedures are valid.…”

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Literature review: perceptions and management of body size among normal weight and moderately overweight people

Nissen

Holm

2014

Obesity Reviews

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Improved understanding of how normal weight and moderately overweight people manage their body weight and shape could be used to inform initiatives to prevent and treat obesity. This literature review offers a thorough appraisal of existing research into perceptions and management of own body size among normal weight and moderately overweight people. The studies reported in the 47 publications reviewed here address various themes based on different conceptualizations. The studies point out that normal weight and moderately overweight people are much concerned about their body size, but huge discrepancies are found between their own perceptions and study categorizations. The studies also indicate that normal weight and moderately overweight people are actively engaged in managing their body size through numerous managing strategies, and dieting is widespread. Together the studies do not form a unified and coherent research field, and there is a bias towards North American study populations. Methodological problems were identified in some publications, raising questions about generalizability of the findings. Moreover, only few studies give deeper insight into the specific perceptions and actions. Repeated studies are needed in broader and more differentiated geographical, social and cultural contexts, and longitudinal studies and more in-depth explorations are especially needed.

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Literature review: perceptions and management of body size among normal weight and moderately overweight people

Nissen

Holm

2014

Obesity Reviews

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“…Only scant attention may be directed towards emotional support and behavioural modification, and as a result perhaps, such programmes rarely achieve the long-term success that the organisers of such weight reduction programmes would wish (Lehnert et al, 2012: Chambers & Swanson, 2012Stubbs & Lavin, 2013). Increasingly therefore, such programmes are incorporating behavioural techniques such as motivational interviewing, relaxation and meditation, CBT and mindfulness into the structure of such programmes as a means of enhancing motivation, and Wing et al (2008) and Spahn et al (2010) have explored some of the behavioural factors which appear to mediate long-term maintenance of weight loss.…”

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Unconscious Agendas in the Etiology of Refractory Obesity and the Role of Hypnosis in Their Identification and Resolution:A New Paradigm for Weight-Management Programs or a Paradigm Revisited?

Entwistle¹,

Webb²,

Abayomi³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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Hypnosis has long been recognised as an effective tool for producing behavioural change in the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. Despite many studies from the latter half of the last century suggesting that hypnosis might also be of value in managing obesity situations, the efficacy of the hypnotherapeutic approach for weight reduction has received surprisingly little formal research attention since 2000.This review presents a brief history of early clinical studies in the use of hypnosis for weight reduction; and describes an hypnotherapeutic approach within which a combination of instructional/pedagogic, and exploratory therapeutic sessions can work together synergistically to maximise the potential for sustained weight loss. Hypnotic modulation of appetite and satiation associated peptides and hormones levels may yield additional physiological benefits in type-1 and type-2 diabetes. Between 1959 and over 40 reports were published specifically describing the use of hypnosis for weight reduction (Table 1). The studies varied in size from >100 participants (Goldstein, 1981;, through smaller trials of 20-75 patients, down to those quoting individual case studies (Hanning, 1975;Munro, 1989, ;. Amongst the earliest descriptions of use of hypnosis in a medical situation to treat obesity was Brodie (1964) who (rather contentiously) would tell his obese patients that they had the equivalent of a "fat cancer" that had been growing inside them for years and which needed removal by their learning to eat properly, through the use of his hypnotic therapy. He claimed great success with this personalised approach to treating over 525 patients, but as was the case with many of the early studies, Brodie did not employ any control group nor did he publish any numerical data to substantiate this claim, which limits severely any assessment of the true efficacy of his non-conformist approach. 2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS FOR OBESITYMost of the authors listed in table 1 employed a sociocognitive or authoritarian approach, utilising varying combinations of suggestion, imagery, anxiety reduction, aversion, covert sensitisation and self-directed programming to facilitate changes in eating habits, usually with apparent benefit in reducing weight in their subjects. However a more analytical or exploratory approach was taken by , , Munro (1989) and , with evident success also. Induction approaches were predominantly progressive relaxation or eye gaze fixation, either in groups or individually, with devices such as hand levitation being used to enhance the depth of hypnosis and hence increase the benefits of the hypnosis sessions (Goldstein, 1981). Some studies additionally taught participants self-hypnosis and/or provided hypnosis tapes for home use.It is difficult to accurately evaluate the claims made by many of these reports as only 17 out of the 43 studies listed incorporated a control cohort, and in only 9 studies were patients followed-up after their hypnosis-induced weight loss to monitor for weight regain, ...

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“…Evidence indicates that these are promising ways to prevent obesity [47-49]. The fact that we used a planned approach to develop the interventions (i.e.…”

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“…Evidence has, for example, shown that individuals with adequate self-regulation skills are more successful in changing complex and habitual behaviors such as physical activity and dietary intake as well as in achieving weight maintenance [48,49]. The performance objectives (PO’s) and accordingly the content of the interventions were, therefore, based on the concepts and phases of self-regulation models.…”

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Systematic development of a text-driven and a video-driven web-based computer-tailored obesity prevention intervention

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BackgroundThis paper describes the systematic development of a text-driven and a video-driven web-based computer-tailored intervention aimed to prevent obesity among normal weight and overweight adults. We hypothesize that the video-driven intervention will be more effective and appealing for individuals with a low level of education.Methods and DesignThe Intervention Mapping protocol was used to develop the interventions, which have exactly the same educational content but differ in the format in which the information is delivered. One intervention is fully text-based, while in the other intervention in addition to text-based feedback, the core messages are provided by means of videos. The aim of the interventions is to prevent weight gain or achieve modest weight loss by making small changes in dietary intake or physical activity. The content of the interventions is based on the I-Change Model and self-regulation theories and includes behavior change methods such as consciousness raising, tailored feedback on behavior and cognitions, goal setting, action and coping planning, and evaluation of goal pursuit. The interventions consist of six sessions. In the first two sessions, participants will set weight and behavioral change goals and form plans for specific actions to achieve the desired goals. In the remaining four sessions, participants’ will evaluate their progress toward achievement of the behavioral and weight goals. They will also receive personalized feedback on how to deal with difficulties they may encounter, including the opportunity to make coping plans and the possibility to learn from experiences of others. The efficacy and appreciation of the interventions will be examined by means of a three-group randomized controlled trial using a waiting list control group. Measurements will take place at baseline and six and twelve months after baseline. Primary outcome measures are body mass index, physical activity, and dietary intake.DiscussionThe present paper provides insight into how web-based computer-tailored obesity prevention interventions consisting of self-regulation concepts and text-driven and video-driven messages can be developed systematically. The evaluation of the interventions will provide insight into their efficacy and will result in recommendations for future web-based computer-tailored interventions and the additional value of using video tailoring.Trial registrationNTR3501.

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Stories of weight management: Factors associated with successful and unsuccessful weight maintenance

Cited by 54 publications

References 21 publications

Literature review: perceptions and management of body size among normal weight and moderately overweight people

Literature review: perceptions and management of body size among normal weight and moderately overweight people

Unconscious Agendas in the Etiology of Refractory Obesity and the Role of Hypnosis in Their Identification and Resolution:A New Paradigm for Weight-Management Programs or a Paradigm Revisited?

Systematic development of a text-driven and a video-driven web-based computer-tailored obesity prevention intervention

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