Major factors for facilitating change in behavioral strategies to reduce obesity.

Psychol Res Behav Manag

Department of eating and weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Garda VR, Bologna, Italy.

Published: October 2013

AI Article Synopsis

  • The current environment contributes to obesity and is unlikely to change soon, making it essential to understand the factors that help people adopt healthier behaviors.
  • To create effective strategies for promoting healthy lifestyles, it's important to review the factors that influence successful weight loss and the latest developments in lifestyle modification programs.
  • More research is needed to tailor weight loss treatments to individual needs for better long-term results, as identifying and addressing these needs presents ongoing challenges.

Article Abstract

It is very unlikely that our obesity-promoting environment will change in the near future. It is therefore mandatory to improve our knowledge of the main factors associated with successful adoption of obesity-reducing behaviors. This may help design more powerful procedures and strategies to facilitate the adoption of healthy lifestyles in a "toxic" environment favoring the development of a positive energy balance. The aim of this review is to describe the main factors associated with successful adoption of obesity-reducing behaviors and to describe the most recent development, limits, and outcomes of lifestyle modification programs. The evidence regarding predictors of weight loss and weight loss maintenance remains largely incomplete. It is necessary to develop strategies matching treatments to patients' needs to improve successful weight loss and its maintenance. How to detect and how to address these needs is a continuous, challenging, research problem.

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