1st Edition

Beyond Dieting Psychoeducational Interventions For Chronically Obese Women

By Donna Ciliska Copyright 1990
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book opens with an overview of dieting and its relationship to self-esteem and body image. Here, the author explores the negative and destructive side effects frequently experienced by obese women as a result of dieting. Alternative interventions to dieting are then explored and the weekly Beyond Dieting programme, the core of this volume, is introduced. Subsequent chapters present an... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Is DIETING THE ANSWER?, 2. OBESITY—DEFINITION, MEASUREMENT, ETIOLOGY, AND ATTEMPTS AT REGULATION, 3. BEYOND DIETING: THE WEEKLY PROGRAM, 4. EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM, 5. THE BEYOND DIETING PROGRAM: DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS, Appendix A. PARTICIPANT'S INFORMATION SHEET AND CONSENT FORMS, Appendix B. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA) TABLES, Appendix C. CORRELATIONS OF SELF-ESTEEM WITH BODY DISSATISFACTION BY GROUP, Appendix D. BEYOND DIETING—PROCESS EVALUATION, Appendix E. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, References, Index

Biography

Donna Ciliska, R.N., PH.D., is Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada