success and failure of dieting explanations

• what is dieting?

  restricting amount, refraining types of and avoid eating for lengthy periods of time
• what is the explanation for failure of dieting?

  restraint theory - setting targets increases chances of failing

  Boundary model - cognitive boundary, what the hell effect

  Ironic processes - Wegner- trying not to think makes you do it more
• What is the explanation for success of dieting?

  positive thinking- interest in meal preparation and tracking progress of weight loss

  Group based diets- social and praticial support, benefit from seeing models in the group
• What is a research support for failure of dieting? 


  Wardle and Beales

  random allocation for 27 obese women to either group a dieting group who restrict food, exercise group who dont or control who do neither

  Found- women who were put into dieting group ate more when offered food by the psychologist

  Cummings

  24% increase in ghrelin amongst low calories diet
• What is research support for the success of dieting?

  Miller- Kovach

  weigh watchers offers resukted in more successful diets compared to individual