Increasing self-efficacy is generally considered to be an important mediator of the effects of
physical activity interventions. A previous review identified which behaviour change …

Background Habit-interventions are designed to promote the automaticity of healthy
behaviours and may also enhance self-regulatory skills during the habit-formation process …

This research investigated the role of a commercial program, Michelle Bridges 12 Week
Body Transformation (MB12WBT), that uses a variety of tools including social support to …

Success in long-term weight management depends partly on psychological and behavioral
aspects. Understanding the links between psychological factors and eating behavior …

Objective: Maintaining weight loss is a major challenge in obesity treatment. Individuals
often indicate that waning motivation prompts cessation of effective weight management …

Physical activity may affect weight loss largely through psychological pathways associated
with eating changes, especially in obese individuals whose caloric expenditure through …

Behavior change interventions are effective to the extent that they affect appropriately-
measured outcomes, especially in experimental controlled trials. The primary goal of this …

OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in motivation and the relationship of motivation to
adherence to self-monitoring and weight loss in a 16-week Internet behavioral weight-loss …

Greater use of key self-regulatory behaviors (eg, self-monitoring of food intake and weight) is
associated with greater weight loss within behavioral weight loss treatments, although this …

Obesity has become a leading cause of health problems in America, many of which can be
combated by increasing physical activity. As a result, interventions targeting increased …