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Behavioral Treatment of Obesity

New Approaches to an Old Disorder

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Book cover The Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity

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Behavior therapy has figured prominently in the management of obesity since Stuart’s (1) landmark report of this approach in 1967. Even today, with the promise of a new generation of antiobesity drugs, experts caution that medication must be combined with a comprehensive program of behavior modification, now frequently referred to as lifestyle modification (2,3). This caveat recognizes that our nation’s growing obesity problem is attributable primarily to changes in our daily eating and activity habits rather to changes in our gene pool. This chapter briefly discusses the goals and methods of behavioral treatment, the short- and long-term results of this approach, and innovative new applications of this therapy (see Table 1).

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Wadden, T.A., Sarwer, D.B. (1999). Behavioral Treatment of Obesity. In: Goldstein, D.J. (eds) The Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity. Nutrition ◊ and ◊ Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-694-2_14

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