Transtheoretical model stages of change for dietary and physical exercise modification in weight loss management for overweight and obese adults

Abstract

Transtheoretical model stages of change for dietary and physical exercise modification in weight loss management for overweight and obese adults.

Providing healthy diets for young children: the experience of parents in a UK inner city

“…Rather than focus on one particular cause or element, research suggests the most useful approach is to consider the reciprocal nature of the interaction between the individual and the environment and contexts in which they operate and co-exist (Roberto et al, 2015). A number of non-medical strategies and interventions have been proposed with the aim of targeting the antecedents of obesity and reversing the growing epidemic, including large public health interventions, such as the NHS’s “Live Well” (UK NHS) programme and the UK government’s “sugar tax” (Sarlio-Lähteenkorva & Winkler, 2015) and behavioural interventions focusing on promoting healthy diets, and increasing physical activity e.g., (Mastellos, Gunn, Felix, Car, & Majeed, 2014; Shaw, Gennat, O’Rourke, & Mar, 2006; Waters et al, 2011). However, despite a small number of successes, once established overweight and obesity is notoriously recalcitrant and difficult to treat in adults.…”

Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Programs; How Far are we?

“…Improved nutritional habits like Mediterranean diet and increased physical activity are of particular importance to reduce the risk of T2D incident and to decelerate the manifestations of the disease [8,21,40,78,[85][86][87][88][89][90][91].…”

“…In addition, lifestyle modification is likely to produce beneficial other effects like reduction in risk of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, CVD and certain cancers. The main challenge is to translate this evidence into a routine community-wide setting and provide a feasible, effective and costeffective intervention [6,8,19,21,40,41,92,93].…”

“…There is increasing acknowledgement that the best way to do this is through studies which have an explicit focus on generalisation and feasibility and which report information on contextual variables such as representativeness, reach, implementation and adaption, costs and other outcomes important to policy makers [21,40,41].…”

Survival of the Fittest: Ev idence-b ased Interventions for Physical Inactivity amongst Student Populations

“…An example is the transtheoretical model (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1982;Prochaska & Velicer, 1997), which focuses on self-efficacy and perceived outcomes as the most proximal predictors of behavioural change. Interventions based on the transtheoretical model are supported by research (see meta-studies by Mastellos, Gunn, Felix, Car, &Majeed, 2014 andVan Stralen et al, 2009). However, Hutchison, Breckon and Johnston (2008) found in a meta-analysis that the majority of interventions based on the transtheoretical model failed to accurately represent all dimensions of the model.…”