An Emerging Model of Behavior Change in Women Maintaining Weight Loss
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Nursing Science Quarterly
- Vol. 17 (3), 242-252
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318404266323
Abstract
This study is based on and expands Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness with women who maintained weight loss for at least 1 year. The researcher engaged in two in-depth interviews with twenty women. Individual patterns for participants who maintained weight loss revealed a personal journey of self-discovery and control with initial chaos, choice, and then emergence of behaviors reflecting expanded consciousness. Looking across participants, six patterns emerged from the data with evolution of a model of change that has implications for nursing practice at defined times within the change process of weight loss.Keywords
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