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1. Introduction
2. Topics to be discussed
3. A guide to selecting treatment: NIH guidelines
4. Lifestyle modification for obesity
5. A sample behavior chain
6. Identify eating habits by self-monitoring
7. Identify eating habits by self-monitoring - example
8. Dietary plan
9. Lifestyle modification for weight control
10. Five steps to facilitate behavior change
11. Behavioral elements of lifestyle modification
12. Diabetes prevention program (1)
13. Implementing lifestyle modification
14. Diabetes prevention program (2)
15. Diabetes prevention program (3)
16. Look AHEAD study (action for health in diabetes)
17. Look AHEAD study design
18. Comparison of group vs. individual treatment
19. Portion-controlled meals
20. Meal replacements enhance weight loss
21. Prepachaged meals enhance weight loss
22. Low carbohydrate vs. low-fat diets
23. 1-year changes in HbA1c
24. Exercise in the treatment of obesity
25. Health benefits of physical activity
26. Weight loss in low activity vs. high activity groups
27. Physical activity is needed for weight maintenance
28. Lifestyle vs. programmed activity
29. With exercise, more structure is not better
30. Status of behavioral treatment for obesity
31. Improving the maintenance of weight loss (1)
32. Improving the maintenance of weight loss (2)
33. Behavioral treatment can be delivered by internet
34. Long-term pharmacologic treatment of obesity
35. Comparison of sibutramine and orlistat
36. Combining treatments
37. Study objectives
38. Benefits of combined treatment
39. Combining behavioral and pharmacologic treatment
40. The results
41. Patients who lost 5% or 10% of weight
42. Benefits of record keeping
43. The focus of treatment
44. The environment we created
45. Responding to the obesity epidemic

Topics Covered

• Lifestyle modification: treatment examines antecedents, behaviour and consequences
• Diet: self-monitoring, dietary plans and portion-controlled meals
• Exercise: weight loss in low activity vs. high activity
• Lifestyle vs. programmed activity
• Status of behavioural treatment for obesity
• Weight loss maintenance
• Diabetes prevention programme
• Look AHEAD study (Action for Health in Diabetes)
• Combining behavioural and pharmacological treatments
• Responding to the obesity epidemic

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Series:

• Obesity

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Metabolism & Nutrition

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007
• Archived on May 28, 2025

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Thomas Wadden has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.