SUCCESSES

• EXPLANATIONS FOR SUCCESS?

  • positive thinking
  • group-based diets
• POSITIVE THINKING?

  • taking interest in diet
  • meal preparation, tracking food intake, weighing self
  • see dieting as positive
  • more likely to succeed alongside cognitive therapy
• EVALUATION OF POSITIVE THINKING?

  + Kruger et al

  • individuals who successfully lost weight were more likely to meal prep, track food intake and weigh self regularly
  • role of cognitive processes in successful dieting
  • depends on own internal mental processes
• GROUP-BASED DIETS?

  • social/ practical support by joining organised group
  • e.g. Weight Watchers
  • helps motivate and provide role models
  • interventions containing group therapy/ health advice/ exercise allowed for moderate but sustained weight loss
• EVALUATION OF GROUP-BASED DIETS?

  + Miller-Kovach et al

  • social support methods from Weight Watchers
  • resulted in more successful diets
  • rather than individual regimes
  • across 2 years