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Direct linkElsborg, Peter; Nielsen, Johan Bundgaard; Pfister, Gertrud Ursula; Dümer, Vivian; Jacobsen, Anette; Elbe, Anne-Marie – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how the psychological constructs volition and motivation influence successful and unsuccessful weight maintainers' experiences during the difficult period following an intensive lifestyle intervention. Design/methodology/approach: Post lifestyle intervention semi-structured interviews with 11…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Life Style, Intervention, Maintenance
Baruth, Meghan; Schlaff, Rebecca A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: Understanding the mechanisms by which behavioral interventions exert their effects is important. Purpose: To examine behavioral mediators of weight loss in a sample of older adults participating in an evidence-based physical activity (PA) or nutrition intervention. Methods: Participants (n = 46) were randomized to a 12-week,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Body Weight, Health Behavior, Intervention
Lopez-Neyman, Stephanie M.; Warren, Cynthia A. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2016
Participation in school meals is a preventive measure against childhood hunger. Participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) continues to lag behind that of the National School Lunch Program. The purpose of this literature review was to investigate the barriers and advantages to student participation in the SBP. Using the adaptable…
Descriptors: Barriers, Lunch Programs, Costs, Nutrition Instruction
Arthur, Keshni; Christofides, Nicola; Nelson, Gill – Health Education Journal, 2020
Background: South Africa has a high prevalence of HIV and obesity. Interventions to date have primarily focused on adolescents and adults. Prevention of obesity, in particular, is not addressed substantively in the current pre-adolescent school curriculum. Education about factors underlying these issues early in life could reach beyond children,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Obesity, Intervention, Incidence
Miller, Carla K.; Kristeller, Jean L.; Headings, Amy; Nagaraja, Haikady – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Mindful eating may be an effective intervention for increasing awareness of hunger and satiety cues, improving eating regulation and dietary patterns, reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety, and promoting weight loss. Diabetes self-management education (DSME), which addresses knowledge, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations for improving…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Dietetics, Intervention, Self Management
Jarvis, Christine – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2012
Adult learning takes place not only in educational organisations, but through participation in leisure and special interest groups. Commercially operated weight management organisations recruit large numbers of adults to their classes to learn how to eat healthily and lose weight. They publish readers' "real life" success stories in their…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Adult Learning, Obesity, Body Weight
Schroder, Kerstin E. E. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2011
Objectives: To compare the effects of a computer-assisted dieting intervention (CAD) with and without self-management training on dieting among 55 overweight and obese adults. Methods: Random assignment to a single-session nutrition intervention (CAD-only) or a combined CAD plus self-management group intervention (CADG). Dependent variables were…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Intervention, Nutrition, Management Development
Seguin, Rebecca A.; Eldridge, Galen; Lynch, Wesley; Paul, Lynn C. – Journal of Extension, 2013
The effect of strength training on body image is understudied. The Strong Women Program, a 10-week, twice weekly strength-training program, was provided by Extension agents to 341 older rural women (62 ± 12 years); changes in body image and other psychosocial variables were evaluated. Paired-sample t-test analyses were conducted to assess mean…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Training, Females, Extension Education
Feeley, Nancy; Zelkowitz, Phyllis; Shrier, Ian; Stremler, Robyn; Westreich, Ruta; Dunkley, David; Steele, Russell; Rosberger, Zeev; Lefebvre, Francine; Papageorgiou, Apostolos – Journal of Early Intervention, 2012
The long-term effects of the Cues intervention to reduce anxiety and enhance the interactive behavior of mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants were investigated. A randomized trial comparing the Cues intervention to an attention control condition was conducted. A total of 122 mothers of newborns weighing less than 1,500 g were…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Cues, Body Weight
Flouri, Eirini – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Few studies have investigated if mother's interest and father's interest in child's education are linked to educational attainment via their impact on child's self-esteem and locus of control. Aims: (1) To investigate (after controlling for known confounding factors) the long-term effect of mother's and father's interest in child's…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Daughters, Cognitive Ability, Mothers
Evon, Donna M.; Burns, John W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
Cardiac rehabilitation patients improve cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life, yet therapeutic processes that produce these changes remain unknown. A cross-lagged panel design was used to determine whether early-treatment enhancement of self-efficacy regarding abilities to change diet and exercise habits and the quality of the…
Descriptors: Therapy, Patients, Self Efficacy, Quality of Life
Wammes, Birgitte; Breedveld, Boudewijn; Kremers, Stef; Brug, Johannes – Health Education Research, 2006
To help people prevent weight gain, the Netherlands Nutrition Centre initiated the "balance intervention", which promotes moderation of food intake and/or increased physical activity in response to occasions of overeating. The aim of this study was to determine whether intervention materials were appreciated, encouraged information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Weight, Health Promotion, Physical Activities
