Summary of main points. • The psychological understanding of obesity has moved through several phases in recent times. • Behaviour modification techniques were initially used widely to change habits. • Cognitive approaches have been used to change thought patterns. • Rational Emotive Therapy (RED is an example of a ‘pop’ psychology approach to changing thought [...]

Thermogenic responses Thermogenesis describes increases in the MR above RMR in response to things such as food intake, exposure to cold or heat and the body’s physiological responses to fear or stress. Thermic effect of food. The thermic effect of food (TEF), also called diet-induced thermo-genesis, represents increases in MR above RMR resulting from the [...]

When nighttime noshing threatened to derail Cheryl Lachenmayer’s weight-loss efforts, she didn’t give in. Instead, she turned in—and lost 40 pounds. For most of her adult life, Cheryl maintained a healthy weight without any type of dieting. But that changed after the birth of her two daughters. A 50-pound gain during each pregnancy catapulted her [...]