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Dieting, overweight, and obesity : self-regulation in a food-rich environment

Title
Dieting, overweight, and obesity : self-regulation in a food-rich environment / Wolfgang Stroebe.
Author
Stroebe, Wolfgang.
Publication
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2008.

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Description
xii, 275 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Dieting, Overweight, and Obesity: Self-Regulation in a Food-Rich Environment examines why self-regulation of weight is so difficult for many people. The author explains the history of bodyweight standards, details the emotional and physical consequences of being overweight, and explores the various treatment and prevention plans for obesity. In reviewing the numerous psychological theories that explain people's problems with weight, Stroebe points out that each does not take into consideration the desire for palatable food. He then presents the goal conflict theory which assumes that chronic dieters who have difficulties in controlling their weight often disregard bodily cues of hunger and satiety not because they are unable to recognize them, but because they do not want to recognize them.
Subject
  • Obesity
  • Obesity > Psychological aspects
  • Reducing diets
  • Weight loss
  • Self-control
  • Obesity > psychology
  • Obesity > diet therapy
  • Diet, Reducing > psychology
  • Weight Loss
  • Obesity
  • Diet, Reducing
  • 44.21 nutrition
  • Obesity > Psychological aspects
  • Reducing diets
  • Self-control
  • Weight loss
  • Übergewicht
  • Fettsucht
  • Diät
  • Zwaarlijvigheid
  • Vermageren
  • Zelfregulering
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-247) and indexes.
Contents
Dieting, overweight, and obesity: an introduction -- Prevalence and consequences of overweight and obesity -- Energy balance and the genetics of body weight -- Environmental causes of the increase in overweight and obesity -- Determinants of weight regulation in individuals with obesity -- Restrained eating and the breakdown of self-regulation -- Beyond the boundary model: a cognitive process theory of restrained eating -- Treatment and prevention of overweight and obesity.
ISBN
  • 9781433803352
  • 1433803356
LCCN
2007047666
OCLC
  • ocn181903746
  • 181903746
  • SCSB-9813924
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library