Maneras de prevenir la obesidad

Drug Treatments

Appetite-suppressant

Lipase inhibitors

Mindfulness-based eating awareness training

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Characteristics

CBT aims to change how people think about eating as well as their eating behaviour.

The therapy targets those thoughts and beliefs that prevent the patient from losing weight when they have decided to do so.

Characteristics

promote weight loss by decreasing appetite.

increasing the feeling of being full because they increase the level of neurotransmitters that affect mood and appetite.

Characteristics

There may be a range of unpleasant side effects, especially after eating a meal with high fat content.

This could probably have a preventive effect, since eating fat becomes associated with unpleasant consequences.

act on the gastrointestinal system and reduce fat
absorption.

focuses on the assumption that
if we can become more aware of our own physical state - that is, whether we are hungry, full,
bored, stressed, etc.

CBT must focus on the patient’s permission-giving beliefs
that lead to overeating - for example, “It’s okay to eat now because I am upset.”

Studies

Stahre et al. (2007) conducted a randomized trial with a group of 42 obese women in Sweden.

Cooper et al (2010) carried out a long-term study of 150 female participants with obesity who were randomly allocated to either CBT for a period of 44 weeks or a guided self-help program for 24 weeks

Respond to food in a more productive and healthy way

Studies

Kristeller, Wolever & Sheets (2013) carried out a study to test the
effectiveness of MB-EAT (Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training)compared to CBT.

studies

Berkowitz et al. (2006) carried out a longitudinal study with a sample of 498 obese adolescents
(age range 12–16 years).

Jain et al (2011) carried out a study on the effectiveness of Orlistat in treating obesity.

Yanovski & Yanovski (2014) carried out a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials for approved obesity medications.

O'Reilly et al (2014) carried out a meta-analysis of research done on Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on treating obesity and eating behaviours.