Behavioral therapy for management of obesity

Jubbin J Jacob, Rajesh Isaac, Jubbin J Jacob, Rajesh Isaac

Abstract

Obesity is a major public health problem and is implicated in the rising prevalence of cardiac disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in India. Management of an obese patient includes therapeutic lifestyle changes of increasing physical activity and reducing calorie intake. This combination can result in about a 10% loss of initial body weight. To reinforce this intervention, behavioral therapy needs to be incorporated into the overall intervention under the belief that obesity is a result of maladaptive eating behaviors and exercise patterns. This review explains the principles of behavioral therapy, including the underlying assumptions and characteristics. The common components of behavioral therapy for obesity are explained. The different settings where behavioral therapy can be administered are mentioned. The review focuses on how behavioral therapy can be incorporated in the routine clinical management of obesity by primary and secondary care physicians who encounter obese patients.

Keywords: Behavioral therapy; obesity; therapeutic lifestyle changes.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Targeting obesity by behavioral therapy

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