Open AccessA pilot study of acceptance-based behavioural weight loss for adolescents with obesity
Author(s) -
Jena Shaw Tronieri,
Thomas A. Wadden,
Sharon Leonard,
Robert I. Berkowitz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1469-1833
pISSN - 1352-4658
DOI - 10.1017/s1352465819000262
Subject(s) - weight loss , psychosocial , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , body mass index , obesity , attrition , physical therapy , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , dentistry , economics , macroeconomics
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a psychological treatment that has been found to increase weight loss in adults when combined with lifestyle modification, compared with the latter treatment alone. However, an ACT-based treatment for weight loss has never been tested in adolescents.