Health At Every Size intervention® under real-world conditions: the rights and wrongs of program implementation.

Unlabelled: Implementation integrity is known to be critical to the success of interventions. The Health At Every Size® (HAES®) approach is deemed to be a sustainable intervention on weight-related issues. However, no study in the field has yet investigated the effects of implementation on outcomes in a real-world setting.

Does HealthAtEvery Size® fit all? A group-based trajectory modeling of a non-diet intervention.

Objective: Health At Every Size® (HAES®) interventions have been increasingly recognized as a sustainable strategy in obesity management. Nevertheless, heterogeneity among obese individuals leads to challenges as it translates in mixed responses to treatment. In this context, our objective was to identify trajectories of responses to a non-diet intervention for adult overweight/obese women to highlight profiles of responders.

Eating-Related and Psychological Outcomes of Health at Every Size Intervention in Health and Social Services Centers Across the Province of Québec.

Purpose: To report the outcomes of a Health at Every Size (HAES) intervention in a real-world setting.

Design: Quasi-experimental design evaluating eating behaviors and psychological factors.

Setting: The HAES intervention is offered in Health and Social Services Centers in Québec (Canada).

A Health at Every Size intervention improves intuitive eating and diet quality in Canadian women.

Background & Aims: Health at Every Size (HAES) interventions focus on healthy lifestyle by promoting behavioral changes related to diet and physical activity while emphasizing self-acceptance and well-being through an empowerment and intuitive approach. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a HAES program on intuitive eating and diet quality in women.

Methods: The HAES intervention, offered by professionals from Health and Social Services Centers in Quebec (Canada), was composed of thirteen 3-h weekly meetings and a 6-h intensive day.

Foods offered in Quebec school cafeterias: do they promote healthy eating habits? Results of a provincial survey.

Objective: A school environment that encourages students to opt for food with sound nutritional value is both essential and formative in ensuring that young people adopt healthy eating habits. The aim of this paper is to describe the food offered for lunch in the cafeteria service lines in Quebec schools on regular school days.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between November 2008 and June 2009 with a representative sample of 207 French-speaking schools in the province of Quebec.

Restricting marketing to children: consensus on policy interventions to address obesity.

Obesity presents major challenges for public health and the evidence is strong. Lessons from tobacco control indicate a need for changing the policy and environments to make healthy choices easier and to create more opportunities for children to achieve healthy weights. In April 2011, the Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention convened a consensus conference on environmental determinants of obesity such as marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children.

Association between perceived self-efficacy related to meal management and food coping strategies among working parents with preschool children.

Objective: This study assessed the associations between the perception of self-efficacy related to meal management and food coping strategies among working parents with preschool children.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 417 working parents with at least one child between the ages of 2 and 5 years completed a self-administered questionnaire. The association between perceived self-efficacy related to meal management and food coping strategies referred to as home-based or "away from home" food strategies, and was verified with logistic regression analysis.

Psychological Impact of a "Health-at-Every-Size" Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women.

The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of a "Health-at-every-size" (HAES) intervention on psychological variables and body weight the weight-preoccupied overweight/obese women. Those women were randomized into three groups (1) HAES, (2) social support (SS), (3) waiting-list (WL), and were tested at baseline, post-treatment and six-month and one-year follow-ups. All participants presented significant psychological improvement no matter if they received the HAES intervention or not.

Health-At-Every-Size and eating behaviors: 1-year follow-up results of a size acceptance intervention.

Background: Poor long-term success observed with current weight-control strategies stresses the relevance to explore new weight management approaches.

Objective: To assess the effects of a Health-At-Every-Size (HAES) intervention on eating behaviors, appetite sensations, metabolic and anthropometric variables, and physical activity levels in women at 6-month and 1-year postintervention.

Design: Randomized controlled trial; measurements at baseline, at the end of the intervention period (4 months), and at 6-month and 1-year postintervention (10 months and 16 months, respectively).

Short-term effects of a "health-at-every-size" approach on eating behaviors and appetite ratings.

Objective: To assess the effects of a "Health-At-Every-Size" (HAES) intervention on eating behaviors and appetite ratings in 144 premenopausal overweight women.

Research Methods And Procedures: Women were randomly assigned to one of the 3 groups: HAES group, social support (SS) group, and control group (N = 48 in each group). Interventions were conducted over a 4-month period, and measurements were taken before and after this period.

A model of mechanisms underlying the influence of media on health behaviour norms.

Media-based interventions are common in health promotion, yet their conceptual underpinnings tend to be based on a simple linear model of direct influence on individuals' health behaviour. Recent studies have suggested that the processes through which media influence health behaviours are actually far more complex. This paper presents a conceptual model of how the medias influence the emergence and maintenance of the social norms that can contribute to shaping health behaviours.

[Media treatment of messages on weight loss products by the Association for Public Health of Quebec and its reception].

Background: The results of a study on weight loss products and services were released during a press conference organized by the Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ). The media widely covered this press conference. The purpose of this article is to answer the question: "How are messages emitted by public health institutions transmitted by the media and received by the population?"

Method: The transcripts of the press conference, the press release as well as 43 documents from the print and broadcast media were evaluated according to a press analysis method.