Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women
The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of a “Health-at-every-size” (HAES) intervention on psychological variables and body weight the weight-preoccupied overweight/obese women. Those women were randomized into three groups (1) HAES, (2) social support (SS), (3) waiting-list (WL), and...
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| description | The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of a “Health-at-every-size” (HAES) intervention on psychological variables and body weight the weight-preoccupied overweight/obese women. Those women were randomized into three groups (1) HAES, (2) social support (SS), (3) waiting-list (WL), and were tested at baseline, post-treatment and six-month and one-year follow-ups. All participants presented significant psychological improvement no matter if they received the HAES intervention or not. However, even if during the intervention, the three groups showed improvements, during the follow up, the HAES group continued to improve while the other groups did not, even sometimes experiencing some deterioration. Furthermore, in the HAES group only, participant's weight maintenance 12 months after the intervention was related to their psychological improvement (quality of life, body dissatisfaction, and binge eating) during the intervention. Thus, even if, in the short-term, our study did not show distinctive effects of the HAES intervention compared to SS and WL on all variables, in the long-term, HAES group seemed to present a different trajectory as psychological variables and body weight are maintained or continue to improve, which was not the case in other groups. These differential long-term effects still need to be documented and further empirically demonstrated. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e53f71eff43445f08c8a24e905436edd2025-08-20T03:26:20ZengWileyJournal of Obesity2090-07082090-07162010-01-01201010.1155/2010/928097928097Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese WomenMarie-Pierre Gagnon-Girouard0Catherine Bégin1Véronique Provencher2Angelo Tremblay3Lyne Mongeau4Sonia Boivin5Simone Lemieux6School of Psychology, Laval University, Pav. F-A.-Savard, local 1116, 2325 des Bibliothèques Street, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaSchool of Psychology, Laval University, Pav. F-A.-Savard, local 1116, 2325 des Bibliothèques Street, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDivision of Kinesiology, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Laval University, QC, G1K 7P4, CanadaInstitut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, 201, boul. Crémazie Est, office 203, Montréal, QC, H2M 1L2, CanadaEating Disorders Treatment Program, CHUQ, Laval University, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, QC, G1V 0A6, CanadaThe aim of the present study was to assess the impact of a “Health-at-every-size” (HAES) intervention on psychological variables and body weight the weight-preoccupied overweight/obese women. Those women were randomized into three groups (1) HAES, (2) social support (SS), (3) waiting-list (WL), and were tested at baseline, post-treatment and six-month and one-year follow-ups. All participants presented significant psychological improvement no matter if they received the HAES intervention or not. However, even if during the intervention, the three groups showed improvements, during the follow up, the HAES group continued to improve while the other groups did not, even sometimes experiencing some deterioration. Furthermore, in the HAES group only, participant's weight maintenance 12 months after the intervention was related to their psychological improvement (quality of life, body dissatisfaction, and binge eating) during the intervention. Thus, even if, in the short-term, our study did not show distinctive effects of the HAES intervention compared to SS and WL on all variables, in the long-term, HAES group seemed to present a different trajectory as psychological variables and body weight are maintained or continue to improve, which was not the case in other groups. These differential long-term effects still need to be documented and further empirically demonstrated.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/928097 |
| spellingShingle | Marie-Pierre Gagnon-Girouard Catherine Bégin Véronique Provencher Angelo Tremblay Lyne Mongeau Sonia Boivin Simone Lemieux Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women Journal of Obesity |
| title | Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women |
| title_full | Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women |
| title_short | Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women |
| title_sort | psychological impact of a health at every size intervention on weight preoccupied overweight obese women |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/928097 |
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