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Behavioral Treatment of Obesity
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Behavioral treatment for obesity seeks to identify and modify eating, activity, and thinking habits that contribute to patients' weight problems as discussed by the authors, recognizing that body weight is affected by factors other than behavior, which include genetic, metabolic, and hormonal influences.About:
This article is published in Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2003-12-01. It has received 637 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Weight loss & Overweight.read more
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A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity.
Gary D. Foster,Holly R. Wyatt,James O. Hill,Brian G. McGuckin,Carrie Brill,B. Selma Mohammed,Philippe Szapary,Daniel J. Rader,Joel S. Edman,Samuel Klein +9 more
TL;DR: The low-carbohydrate diet produced a greater weight loss than did the conventional diet for the first six months, but the differences were not significant at one year and the low- carbohydrate diet was associated with a greater improvement in some risk factors for coronary heart disease.
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Self-Monitoring in Weight Loss: A Systematic Review of the Literature
TL;DR: A significant association between self-monitoring and weight loss was consistently found; however, the level of evidence was weak and the most significant limitations of the reviewed studies were the homogenous samples and reliance on self-report.
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Overweight and obesity: prevalence, consequences, and causes of a growing public health problem.
TL;DR: Novel multidisciplinary, preventive, and therapeutic approaches, and social changes are needed that address the complex interplay of biologic, genetic, andsocial factors that have created the current obesity epidemic in the United States.
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Comparison of strategies for sustaining weight loss: the weight loss maintenance randomized controlled trial.
Laura P. Svetkey,Victor J. Stevens,Phillip J. Brantley,Lawrence J. Appel,Jack F. Hollis,Catherine M. Loria,William M. Vollmer,Christina M. Gullion,Kristine L. Funk,Patti Smith,Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge,Valerie H. Myers,Lillian F. Lien,Daniel Laferriere,Betty M. Kennedy,Gerald J. Jerome,Fran Heinith,David W. Harsha,Pamela Evans,Thomas P. Erlinger,Arline T. Dalcin,Janelle W. Coughlin,Jeanne Charleston,Catherine M. Champagne,Alan Bauck,Jamy D. Ard,Kathleen Aicher +26 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared two weight loss maintenance interventions with a self-directed control group, i.e., personal contact and interactive technology-based intervention, for 30 months.
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Primary care physicians' attitudes about obesity and its treatment.
Gary D. Foster,Thomas A. Wadden,Angela P. Makris,Duncan Davidson,Rebecca Swain Sanderson,David B. Allison,Amy Kessler +6 more
TL;DR: Primary care physicians view obesity as largely a behavioral problem and share the authors' broader society's negative stereotypes about the personal attributes of obese persons but view obesity treatment as less effective than treatment of most other chronic conditions.
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Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin.
William C. Knowler,Elizabeth Barrett-Connor,Sarah E. Fowler,Richard F. Hamman,John M. Lachin,Elizabeth A. Walker,David M. Nathan +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared a lifestyle intervention with metformin to prevent or delay the development of Type 2 diabetes in nondiabetic individuals. And they found that the lifestyle intervention was significantly more effective than the medication.
Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic
D. S. Akram,Arne Astrup,T. Atinmo,J. L. Boissin,George A. Bray,K. Carroll,P. Chitson,C. Chunming,William H. Dietz,James O. Hill,Eric Jéquier,C. Komodiki,Yuji Matsuzawa,W. F. Mollentze,K. Moosa,M.I. Noor,K.S. Reddy,Jacob C. Seidell,V. Tanphaichitr,Ricardo Uauy,Paul Zimmet +20 more
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Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue
Yiying Zhang,Ricardo Proenca,Ricardo Proenca,Margherita Maffei,Marisa Barone,Marisa Barone,Lori Leopold,Lori Leopold,Jeffrey M. Friedman,Jeffrey M. Friedman +9 more
TL;DR: The ob gene product may function as part of a signalling pathway from adipose tissue that acts to regulate the size of the body fat depot.
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Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by changes in lifestyle among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jon Lindstrom,Johan G. Eriksson,Valle Tt,Helena Hämäläinen,Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka,Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S,Mauri Laakso,Anne Louheranta,Rastas M,Salminen,Matti Uusitupa +11 more
TL;DR: Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by changes in the lifestyles of high-risk subjects by means of individualized counseling aimed at reducing weight, total intake of fat, and intake of saturated fat and increasing intake of fiber and physical activity.
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Cognitive Therapy of Depression
Steven D. Hollon,Aaron T. Beck +1 more
TL;DR: Hollon and Shaw as discussed by the authors discuss the role of emotions in Cognitive Therapy and discuss the integration of homework into Cognitive Therapy, and discuss problems related to Termination and Relapse.