From: Obesity: Prevalence, Theories, Medical Consequences, Management, and Research Directions
TREATMENT | DEFINITION |
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Behavioral modification | Behavioral management techniques such as self-monitoring, stimulus control, eating management, rewarding behavior, etc. |
Multimodel Approach | Approach that involves 6 steps. The first step is self-monitoring followed by control over eating, adding exercise, controlling self-talk, involving social support, and relapse prevention. |
Psychotherapy | Traditional psychotherapy techniques such as humanistic therapy, or psychodynamic therapy which addresses unconscious motives. For example, an individual may unconsciously overeat to emotionally insulate themselves. |
Cognitive-behavior therapy | Cognitive approaches such as rational emotive behavior therapy or cognitive-behavior therapy. Therapy is a collaborative process of empirical investigation, reality testing, and problem solving and focuses on the beliefs that people hold of their health habits. An example is controlling self-talk. |
Pavlovian Conditioning or Classical Conditioning | Behavior patterns involve the association between unconscious reflexes with new stimuli that can be transferred to a conditioned response. |
Operant Conditioning | Technique that pairs a voluntary behavior with systematic consequences. Reinforcement should occur when positive behavior occurs. Intermittent reinforcement schedules are more resistant to extinction. An example would be to reinforce participants in a research study when they come in for testing. |
Self-monitoring | The participant monitors their own behavior or activities. This can include food and activity logs. |
Stimulus control | Strategies designed to alter cues leading to inappropriate eating, such as eating while watching television. |
Eating management | Techniques specifically aimed at modifying the act of eating, such as eating slowly and drinking water before meals. |
Lifestyle exercise | Increased daily lifestyle activity such as taking stairs instead of elevators, walking to the store instead of driving, etc. |
Self-efficacy | A person's belief that he or she has the behavioral skills to cope successfully with high-risk situations. |