A pilot study of acceptance-based behavioural weight loss for adolescents with obesity.

Jena Shaw TronieriThomas A WaddenSharon M LeonardRobert I Berkowitz

Published in: Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy (2019)

These preliminary findings indicate that ACT plus lifestyle modification was a highly acceptable treatment that improved weight, cognitive restraint, hunger, physical activity, and psychosocial outcomes in adolescents with obesity.

Keyphrases

weight loss
physical activity
bariatric surgery
young adults
roux en y gastric bypass
gastric bypass
weight gain
glycemic control
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
type diabetes
obese patients
high fat diet induced
cardiovascular disease
sleep quality
combination therapy
body weight