Research
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Cognitive–behavioral methods focusing on emotional eating lead to greater improvements in emotional eating and related weight and waist circumference reductions compared to education-based approaches.
Practitioners should consider implementing cognitive-behavioral strategies that focus on emotional eating in obesity treatment programs.
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Findings suggest benefits for cognitive–behavioral obesity treatments over the more common education-based approaches.
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Based on randomized treatment conditions with significant findings.
Source
Effects of Obesity Treatment Type on Emotional Eating and Weight/Waist Circumference Changes in Women Through Interrelations of Induced Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy
James J. Annesi et al. · Obesities · 2025
DOI 10.3390/obesities5040083
rct · n=146
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