TY - JOUR

T1 - Behavioral and psychological factors affecting weight loss success

AU - Pigsborg, Kristina

AU - Kalea, Anastasia Z

AU - De Dominicis, Stefano

AU - Magkos, Faidon

N1 - CURIS 2023 NEXS 124

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Purpose of review: There is a large variability between individuals in the weight loss response to any given diet treatment, which fuels interest into personalized or precision nutrition. Although most efforts are directed toward identifying biological or metabolic factors, several behavioral and psychological factors can also be responsible for some of this interindividual variability.Recent findings: There are many factors that can influence the response to dietary weight loss interventions, including factors related to eating behavior (emotional eating, disinhibition, restraint, perceived stress), behaviors and societal norms related to age and sex, psychological and personal factors (motivation, self-efficacy, locus of control, self-concept), and major life events.Summary: The success of a weight loss intervention can be influenced by many psychological and behavioral constructs and not merely by physiological factors such as biology and genetics. These factors are difficult to capture accurately and are often overlooked. Future weight loss studies should consider assessing such factors to better understand the underlying reasons for the large interindividual variability to weight loss therapy.

AB - Purpose of review: There is a large variability between individuals in the weight loss response to any given diet treatment, which fuels interest into personalized or precision nutrition. Although most efforts are directed toward identifying biological or metabolic factors, several behavioral and psychological factors can also be responsible for some of this interindividual variability.Recent findings: There are many factors that can influence the response to dietary weight loss interventions, including factors related to eating behavior (emotional eating, disinhibition, restraint, perceived stress), behaviors and societal norms related to age and sex, psychological and personal factors (motivation, self-efficacy, locus of control, self-concept), and major life events.Summary: The success of a weight loss intervention can be influenced by many psychological and behavioral constructs and not merely by physiological factors such as biology and genetics. These factors are difficult to capture accurately and are often overlooked. Future weight loss studies should consider assessing such factors to better understand the underlying reasons for the large interindividual variability to weight loss therapy.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - Obesity

KW - Weight management

KW - Behavioral factors

KW - Psychological factors

KW - Weight loss

U2 - 10.1007/s13679-023-00511-6

DO - 10.1007/s13679-023-00511-6

M3 - Review

C2 - 37335395

VL - 12

SP - 223

EP - 230

JO - Current Obesity Reports

JF - Current Obesity Reports

SN - 2162-4968

ER -