Beyond Dieting: Psychoeducational Interventions For Chronically Obese Women

by Donna Ciliska

Overview

This book opens with an overview of dieting and its relationship to self-esteem and body image. Here, the author explores the negative and destructive side effects frequently experienced by obese women as a result of dieting. Alternative interventions to dieting are then explored and the weekly Beyond Dieting programme, the core of this volume, is introduced. Subsequent chapters present an evaluation of the Beyond Dieting program (purpose, analyses, comparisons and variables of outcome) and a discussion of the characteristics of the sample study. The overall effects of the intervention and implications of the findings provide an illuminating perspective on the treatment of obesity – one that suggests striving for positive self-image rather than thinness as the key to well-being for obese women. For the many health practitioners caring for obese women, this perspective, with its practical application, will prove to be an invaluable resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138004733
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/05/2015
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Donna Ciliska, R.N., PH.D., is Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

1 Is Dieting the Answer?

2 Obesity Definition, Measurement, Etiology, and Attempts at Regulation 21

3 Beyond Dieting: The Weekly Program 45

4 Evaluation of the Program 81

5 The Beyond Dieting Program: Discussion and Implications 115

Appendix A Participant's Information Sheet and Consent Forms 127

Appendix B Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Tables 133

Appendix C Correlations of Self-Esteem With Body Dissatisfaction by Group 141

Appendix D Beyond Dieting Process Evaluation 143

Appendix E Annotated Bibliography 146

References 149

Index 165