Behavioral Choice Treatment Promotes Continuing Weight Loss: Preliminary Results of a Cognitive-Behavioral Decision-Based Treatment for Obesity

Twenty-four obese women were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 group treatments: behavioral choice treatment (BCT) or traditional behavioral treatment (TBT). BCT uses decision theory to promote moderate behavior change that can be comfortably, and therefore permanently, maintained. Groups completed a mode...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1999-04, Vol.67 (2), p.260-266
Main Authors: Sbrocco, Tracy, Nedegaard, Randall C, Stone, Jay M, Lewis, Evelyn L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Behavior Change
Behavior Therapy
Behavior Therapy - methods
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Choice Behavior
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Cognitive Therapy
Decision Making
Diet, Reducing - methods
Exercise
Female
Human
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Obese women
Obesity
Obesity - therapy
Outcomes
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self Disclosure
Treatments
Weight Control
Weight Loss
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Summary:Twenty-four obese women were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 group treatments: behavioral choice treatment (BCT) or traditional behavioral treatment (TBT). BCT uses decision theory to promote moderate behavior change that can be comfortably, and therefore permanently, maintained. Groups completed a moderate-intensity walking program and obtained feedback from computerized eating dairies. The TBT group evidenced greater weight loss at posttreatment. However, the TBT group also evidenced a trend to regain weight, whereas the BCT group continued a slow weight loss during follow-up. Exercise followed a similar pattern. Both groups decreased in restraint and increased in self-esteem.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.67.2.260