Successful weight loss maintenance and a shift in identity: From restriction to a new liberated self

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 887-896

  Epiphaniou, Eleni ^a   Ogden, Jane ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; life events; obesity; reinvention; weight maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77956966359     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309358115     Document Type: Article

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