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Applied Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity Through the Research of Professor Jane Wardle

Croker, H; Beeken, RJ; (2017) Applied Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity Through the Research of Professor Jane Wardle. Current Obesity Reports , 6 (1) pp. 57-62. 10.1007/s13679-017-0249-8. Green open access

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Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Obesity presents a challenge for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and for those with obesity themselves. This review focuses on psychological approaches to its management and prevention in children and adults. RECENT FINDINGS: Through exploring the work of the late Professor Jane Wardle, we look at the earliest behavioural treatment approaches and how psychological theory has been used to develop more contemporary approaches, for example incorporating genetic feedback and habit formation theory into interventions. We also explore how Jane has challenged thinking about the causal pathways of obesity in relation to eating behaviour. Beyond academic work, Jane was an advocate of developing interventions which had real-world applications. Therefore, we discuss how she not only developed new interventions but also made these widely available and the charity that she established.

Type: Article
Title: Applied Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity Through the Research of Professor Jane Wardle
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-017-0249-8
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-017-0249-8
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: Behavioural therapy (BT), Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Family-based behavioural treatment (FBBT), Genetic feedback, Habit formation theory, Obesity treatment
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1544809
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