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James J Annesi1,2, Kent J Adams3, Maliheh Bakhshi3
1California State University, Monterey Bay, 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA, 93955, USA. jamesannesi@gmail.com.
Journal of Prevention (2022)
|April 17, 2025
Summary
Emotional eating, a challenge in obesity, improved with self-regulation skills training. This approach, combined with physical activity, enhanced mood and reduced emotional eating, predicting weight loss.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral psychology
- Obesity research
- Health behavior change
Background:
- Emotional eating (EE) is prevalent in adults with obesity.
- Current behavioral treatments for EE show minimal effects.
- Existing research lacks understanding of EE change mechanisms.
Purpose of the Study:
- To inform professionals on addressing EE in obesity treatments.
- To investigate the efficacy of self-regulatory skills training for EE.
- To identify psychosocial mechanisms driving EE reduction.
Main Methods:
- A 6-month community-based obesity treatment study with women experiencing high EE.
- Three conditions: education + EE attention, self-regulation skills only, self-regulation skills + EE attention.
- All conditions included physical activity for mood enhancement.
Main Results:
- All groups showed improvements in physical activity, mood, self-regulation, self-efficacy, EE, and weight.
- Self-regulation focused conditions yielded greater improvements than education-focused conditions.
- Physical activity influenced mood, self-regulation, self-efficacy, and EE reduction, predicting weight loss.
Conclusions:
- Self-regulatory skills training is effective for reducing EE in obesity treatment.
- Physical activity plays a crucial role in the pathway to reduced EE.
- Findings support theoretical models and inform evidence-based obesity interventions for EE.
Keywords:
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