TY - CHAP
T1 - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Current Paths in the Management of Obesity
AU - Musetti, Alessandro
AU - Cattivelli, Roberto
AU - Guerrini, Anna
AU - Mirto, Anna Maria
AU - Vailati Riboni, Francesco Carlo Paolo
AU - Varallo, Giorgia
AU - Castelnuovo, Gianluca
AU - Molinari, Enrico
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The treatment of obesity and its related chronic symptoms is one of the major issues that
world healthcare systems are facing today. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of
the most effective therapies in the treatment of dysfunctional eating behaviors. In the first
part of the chapter, the phenomenon of obesity will be introduced; subsequently, the role of
CBT into obesity treatment will be underlined. CBT’s core strategies will be presented and
analyzed: goal setting, self-monitoring, stimulus control, problem solving technique, and
cognitive restructuring technique. The use of these strategies and related results is a major
issue, emphasizing the need for further studies on the phenomenon of obesity, given the
excellent results available in the short term, with significant weight loss, but the difficulties
in keeping the results achieved in the long run. Since obesity is a chronic condition, CBT
treatments must focus on different outcomes, considering weight loss as a consequence of a
change in the individual’s eating style rather than as a major and only result to be pursued.
Finally, we will take into account the topic of motivation in the psychological treatment of
obesity since patient’s motivation assessment seems to be a major prerequisite for successful
weight loss therapy.
AB - The treatment of obesity and its related chronic symptoms is one of the major issues that
world healthcare systems are facing today. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of
the most effective therapies in the treatment of dysfunctional eating behaviors. In the first
part of the chapter, the phenomenon of obesity will be introduced; subsequently, the role of
CBT into obesity treatment will be underlined. CBT’s core strategies will be presented and
analyzed: goal setting, self-monitoring, stimulus control, problem solving technique, and
cognitive restructuring technique. The use of these strategies and related results is a major
issue, emphasizing the need for further studies on the phenomenon of obesity, given the
excellent results available in the short term, with significant weight loss, but the difficulties
in keeping the results achieved in the long run. Since obesity is a chronic condition, CBT
treatments must focus on different outcomes, considering weight loss as a consequence of a
change in the individual’s eating style rather than as a major and only result to be pursued.
Finally, we will take into account the topic of motivation in the psychological treatment of
obesity since patient’s motivation assessment seems to be a major prerequisite for successful
weight loss therapy.
KW - CBT, obesity
KW - CBT, obesity
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122828
U2 - 10.5772/intechopen.72586
DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72586
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-953-51-3927-0
SP - 149
EP - 160
BT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Clinical Applications
ER -