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Behavioral Strategies in Weight Management

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Behavioral approaches to weight control are recommended as the treatment of choice for overweight and moderately obese adults. In these approaches, behavioral strategies are used to help participants make healthy, permanent changes in their eating and exercise behaviors. This chapter describes the history of behavioral approaches to obesity, the key components of these approaches, and the results that are achieved, both in terms of weight loss and health outcomes. New directions that are being pursued to improve these outcomes and extend their reach are also presented.

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  1. Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Alpert Medical School of Brown University/The Miriam Hospital, 196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI, 02903, USA

    Jason Lillis Ph.D. & Rena R. Wing Ph.D.

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    Robert F. Kushner

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Lillis, J., Wing, R.R. (2014). Behavioral Strategies in Weight Management. In: Kushner, R., Bessesen, D. (eds) Treatment of the Obese Patient. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1203-2_13

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