NIH R01 · 2024
Targeting food cue responsiveness for weight loss
ABSTRACT Two out of every three adults has overweight or obesity, which is associated with significant medical and psychological consequences. To date, the most successful weight loss treatment is behavioral weight loss (BWL), which includes nutrition and physical activity education, as well as behavior therapy techniques. Although some adults lose weight in these programs, one third to one half do not respond with even bleaker rates of weight loss maintenance over time. These low success rates suggest that there are underlying mechanisms, such as appetitive traits, that may interfere with response to BWL and underscore the critical need to develop targeted models for the treatment of…
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