Behavior Modification: A Patient and Physician's Perspective

Adv Ther. 2017 Mar;34(3):765-769. doi: 10.1007/s12325-017-0475-1. Epub 2017 Jan 20.

Abstract

This article, co-authored by a patient affected by obesity and an obesity medicine specialist, discusses the patient's experience of living with the disease and using many different weight loss approaches until finding a lifestyle program that was appropriate for her metabolism. The physician discusses the scientific basis of insulin resistance, and why the chosen lifestyle program worked so well for this individual.

Keywords: Behavior modification; Obesity; Weight loss.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Behavior Therapy / methods*
  • Female
  • Health Behavior / physiology*
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Life Style
  • Obesity* / metabolism
  • Obesity* / psychology
  • Obesity* / therapy
  • Physician-Patient Relations