Weight Loss Treatment and Psychological Well-being
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Health Psychology
- Vol. 12 (1), 66-82
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105307071741
Abstract
Research suggests that weight loss treatment generally benefits psychological well-being but these effects have never been quantitatively reviewed. A meta-analysis of 117 weight loss treatment tests showed that weight loss treatment was associated with lowered depression and increased self-esteem. Treatment type moderated treatment effects on depression and self-esteem. Actual weight loss moderated treatment effects on self-esteem but not depression; only treatments that produced actual weight loss predicted increased self-esteem whereas improvements in depression were independent of weight loss. The clinical implications of the findings and the possible causal relationships among weight, depression and self-esteem are discussed.Keywords
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