A new model of the role of psychological and emotional distress in promoting obesity: Conceptual review with implications for treatment and prevention

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 769-779

  Hemmingsson, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causation; Emotions; Management; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ANXIETY; APPETITE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; EATING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FRUSTRATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; POWERLESSNESS; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; STEREOTYPY; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPLICATION; DIET; EMOTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DIET; EMOTIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84906214468     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12197     Document Type: Review

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