EFEITOS DE UM TREINAMENTO EM AUTOCONTROLE APLICADO EM OBESOS

Descriptive and qualitative study using an intra-subject experimental design. It verifies the effect of selfcontrol training (TA) on the behavioral factors that influence overweight and describes the variables that interfere in reaching the individual goals. The TA was applied to obese women that were patients at an public hospital in Vitoria-ES, Brazil, during 12 week group sessions. From 10 patients that enrolled the TA, the behavior of five of them was analyzed. The results points out to favorable changes in familial, interpersonal, and personal relationships and emotions. Behavioral modifications were related to weight loss such as eating behavior and exercises that produced modest consequences on obesity.

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