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Showing 1 to 20 of 836 for “"Weight-Loss"”.
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Maintenance of Weight Loss
The problem. Behavioral weight control programs have been successful in creating short-term weight losses for obese clients. When the client-therapist relationship is ended, clients quickly regain weight lost during training. Teaching clients those skills necessary for continued or maintained …
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Relationship between weight loss and body image in obese individuals seeking weight loss treatment
… and extent of changes in body image following weight loss treatment in an obese sample and examined the role of weight loss in predicting body image improvement. Participants were 53 obese individuals (BMI > 30) recruited from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, the …
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Factors affecting weight loss maintenance
… has increased short term success rates of weight loss efforts, but long term outcome remains poor. Nevertheless, some individuals do maintain weight loss, studies have associated specific behaviors with weight loss maintenance, and practitioners constantly look to research for treatment …
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Maintained weight loss: facilitators and barriers
… the frequency and severity of comorbidities make weight loss increasingly difficult. Whilst short-term interventions in treating obesity are successful, long-term maintenance of weight loss shows limited success. The aim of this research was to develop a substantive theory to explain maintained …
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The influence of wellness in weight loss
… to explore the influence of wellness in weight loss. Although it is not known why the prevalence of obesity has increased so suddenly and markedly specifically in the past twenty years, experts agree that the rise is unlikely to be related to a sudden shift in genetic or biological …
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Influence of Caloric Distribution on Weight Loss
… the effect timing of meals has on the rate of weight loss. Five hospitalized obese adults were placed on a 1200 Calorie reducing diet for approximately eight weeks.</p> <p>For about a four-week period the 1200 Calories were divided into six meals per day of 200 Calories each. These same …
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Evaluation of massive weight loss body contouring
… bariatric surgery will result in massive weight loss and ptotic skin, which can cause significant functional and psychological problems. As the number of cases of bariatric surgery increases, a corresponding number of massive weight loss patients will require plastic surgery. In this novel …
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An Ethical Justification of Weight Loss Surgery
… provides an ethical justification of surgical weight loss interventions for the treatment of obesity. Situating obesity as not merely a public health concern but also fundamentally a problem of clinical medicine confronting individual patients and physicians, the dissertation argues that the …
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Factors involved with successful weight loss maintenance
… performed to determine factors associated with weight loss maintenance. Factors examined included: a) physical characteristics, b) eating habits, c) self-motivation level and d) activity level. Subjects included 19 overweight females who had participated in a nutrition and exercise program held …
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Patient Descriptions About Weight Loss Surgery Education Practices
Weight loss surgery (WLS) is a surgical option that can help obese patients achieve a healthy bodyweight when combined with behavioral lifestyle changes. Patients who struggle with adhering to postoperative regimens are more likely to experience weight recidivism approximately one year after WLS. …
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The relationships between psychological factors and weight loss
… literature relating to the impact of initial weight-related expectations on weight-loss and related outcomes is explored.Part two is an empirical paper exploring the relationships between self-efficacy and illness cognitions with the outcome variables of weight-loss, physical and mental health …
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Exercise Adherence Following Short Term Weight Loss Programs
… Brown, & Evans, 2008). One of the most popular weight loss programs on television is the Biggest Loser. The popularity of the television show has been a possible catalyst of the epidemic of similar weight loss programs in community gyms, recreation settings, and even within universities around …
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Sex Differences in Arterial Destiffening with Weight Loss
… obesity. Previous studies have found that modest weight loss (WL) of 5 to 10 percent successfully reduces AS and other risk factors for CVD. However, it remains unclear whether WL via caloric restriction reduces AS similarly among sexes. We tested the hypothesis that WL via caloric restriction …
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The nature of food cravings following weight-loss surgery
… food cravings in individuals who have undergone weight-loss surgery has been relatively unstudied. This study aimed to provide a detailed analysis of the experience of food craving comparing groups of participants according to a) time post-surgery and b) type of surgical procedure. Two time …
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Predicting Weight Loss in Post Surgical Laparoscopic Banding Patients
… and hunger - to predict successful weight loss in post surgical laparoscopic banding patients at 6 and 9 months post surgery. Although the EI is commonly used in bariatric presurgical assessment, few studies have found consistent relationships between presurgical factor scores and …
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Weight Loss Surgery Decision Process: A Grounded Theory Study
… or severely obese individuals who engage in weight loss surgery and the role of nurses in this process using a grounded theory research design. Morbid or severe obesity is a chronic illness that is increasing in prevalence throughout the United States. The Center for Disease Control (2007) …
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Relationship Between Personality And Exercise Motivation In Weight Loss
… between these two factors in relation to weight loss. Weight and fitness scores were measured initially and at 15 month follow-up. Participants completed personality and motivation inventories at follow-up. Contrary to the hypothesis, external motivation was positively correlated with …
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