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Exercise is an Effective Treatment for Positive Valence Symptoms in Major Depression

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Exercise was found to significantly improve the pleasure, motivation, and energy of individuals. Motivation and energy were found to be associated with change in depressive symptoms. 5 Tips: Exercise has benefits both physically and mentally. Try to exercise once a day. Find exercise activities that you enjoy. Complete exercises that are appropriate for your skill […]

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Depression, Emotional Eating and Long-Term Weight Changes: A Population-Based Prospective Study

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The results show that as depression gets worse emotional eating does too, so the more depressed we are the more we tend to eat and the more weight we gain over a period of time. Also, emotional eating was found to predict an increased risk of developing weight related complications in the future (BMI and

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Obese African American Women’s Perspectives on Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery

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Based on a sample of 41 African American women, common barriers that were identified as affecting their motivation to lose weight were lack of time, access to resources, internal and external control, and identifying with larger size. Common barriers against weight loss surgery for this sample of African American women included the extremity of weight

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Disordered Eating After Bariatric Surgery: Clinical Aspects, Impact on Outcomes and Intervention Strategies

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The feeling of losing control and grazing can increase the risk of weight gain. Impulse control techniques can increase the success rate after bariatric surgery. 5 Tips: After surgery, monitor your eating behavior. If disordered eating behaviors start to appear, determine what increases that behavior. Discuss with your doctor ways that you can increase benefits

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Through Thick and Thin: Identifying Barriers to Bariatric Surgery, Weight Loss Maintenance, and Tailoring Obesity Treatment for the Future

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The effectiveness of bariatric surgery has shown in its results with decreased mortality and increased weight loss for individuals. Despite surgery or other interventions, long term weight loss can be hard to maintain, which brings about the importance of a long-term multidisciplinary strategy for treatment. 5 Tips: Discuss with your primary care doctor about forming

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Attribution of Weight Regain to Emotional Reasons Amongst European Adults with Overweight and Obesity Who Regained Weight Following a Weight Loss Attempt

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Greater weight gain was found to be associated with difficulties with regulating one’s emotions. Half of the participants involved in this study indicated that their regaining of weight was in response to emotional reasoning (i.e., using food for comfort, stressed, feeling lower or more down, and using food for punishment). 5 Tips: Keep a journal

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Self-Management Behaviors in Obese Patients Undergoing Surgery Based on General and Specific Adherence Scales

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Educating oneself on more healthy food choices increases the success of weight loss after surgery. Increase the intake of fruit and decrease high fat and high carbohydrate choices. 5 Tips: Discuss with your doctor specific recommendations for eating behaviors, physical exercise, supplements, etc. after surgery. Increase purchases of healthy foods. Try a variety of healthy

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Emphasizing Personal Investment Effects Weight Loss and Hedonic Thoughts about Food after Obesity Surgery

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Two factors to improve success after weight loss surgery are your thoughts about food and personal investment. Focusing on personal investment into the surgery and the effort that one is taking to lose weight may increase the drive to achieve and maintain their weight loss goals. 5 Tips: Remind yourself of the personal investment that

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Self-Reported and Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior in Bariatric Surgery Candidates

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Sedentary behaviors increase weight and the need for weight loss treatment. Success is dependent on the decrease in watching tv, sitting at computer, sitting talking on phone, and long hours driving. 5 Tips: Decrease the number of hours spent watching tv or increase physical activity while watching tv. Engage in face-to-face conversations to decrease the

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