Effects of improved dietary behaviors and increased physical activity on low body satisfaction: Theory-based psychological mechanisms of change in women within a behavioral obesity treatment.
IF 1.2 4区 医学Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
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Abstract
Within behavioral obesity interventions, progress on poor body satisfaction in women requires improvement. Women with low body satisfaction participated in obesity treatments focused on either weight-management education or cognitive-behavioral methods targeting physical activity and self-regulation. Improvements in participants' dietary behaviors, physical activity, waist circumference, body satisfaction, and mood were consistently greater in the cognitive-behavioral condition. Their improved diet and increased physical activity predicted increases in body satisfaction. Waist circumference change did not significantly increase the explained variance. Participants' changes in self-efficacy for controlled eating mediated diet→body satisfaction change relationships; and mood changes mediated physical activity→body satisfaction change relationships. We indicated implications for improving obesity intervention contents.
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Health Care for Women International is a critically acclaimed, international publication that provides a unique interdisciplinary approach to health care and related topics that concern women around the globe. Published twelve times a year, Health Care for Women International includes the newest research, theories, and issues in the fields of public health, social science, health care practice, and health care policy. Scholars and practitioners address topics such as cultural differences, alternative lifestyles, domestic violence, public health issues associated with the aging of the population, maternal morbidity and mortality, infectious diseases, and a host of other gender-based ethical issues. The editor also encourages discussion topics, inviting readers to comment on articles that focus on specific aspects of health issue for women.
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