Abstract
Weight-loss maintenance is widely accepted to be a difficult and often elusive process. The transtheoretical model (TTM) provides a useful description of five stages of change. Applied to weight management, weight loss occurs during the action stage and weight-loss maintenance occurs during the maintenance stage. Despite its broad utility, the TTM does not adequately explain the complexity involved with a shift from action to maintenance. Based on Engel's (G. L. Engel, 1977, The need for a new medical model: A challenge for biomedicine, Science, Vol. 196, pp. 129-136) biopsychosocial model and family systems theory, a shifting processes model is proposed to describe the potential differences and shift that occurs between weight loss and weight-loss maintenance processes within relational contexts.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 326-337 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Families, Systems and Health |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2013 |
Keywords
- Integrated processes
- Transtheoretical model
- Weight loss
- Weight loss maintenance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health