BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO OBESITY TREATMENT

Course overview

OBESITY IS A COMPLEX AND MULTIFACTORIAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL CONDITION. ONE ASPECT OF OBESITY IS THAT IT SHARES FEATURES WITH OTHER TYPES OF MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS, AS DOES THE MANAGEMENT. THEREFORE, SUCCESSFUL BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO OBESITY TREATMENT ARE DERIVED FROM COUNSELING TOOLS SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPY WORLD FOR CONDITIONS SUCH AS SMOKING AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES ARE ALSO IN EVOLUTION AS RESEARCH SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WEIGHT LOSS MAINTAINERS. THE GOAL IS TO SHIFT TOWARDS THE PATIENT-CENTERED APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF THIS GROWING PANDEMIC. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE USE OF BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES IN TREATING OBESITY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH OBESITY.