Evaluations of Cognitive-Behavioural Weight-Loss Programs Conclude That

question 28

Multiple Choice

Evaluations of cognitive-behavioural weight-loss programs conclude that

• A) such programs are unlikely to meet most people's needs because 95% of all diets fail.
• B) such programs produce only modest weight loss and maintenance of weight loss.
• C) such programs can be successful for helping people lose weight and maintain weight loss up to 3 years later, whether they are administered on an individual or group basis.
• D) such programs appear to be more useful for severely obese persons than for mildly obese persons.
• E) they are ineffective because most people have a weight set point that is not easily changed.

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Definitions:

Psychological Conflicts

Internal struggles that arise from opposing demands, desires, or impulses within an individual, often highlighted in psychoanalytic theories.

Thrown-ness

In Heidegger’s existential analysis, the era, location, and situation into which a person happens to be born.

Geworfenheit

A philosophical term introduced by Martin Heidegger, referring to the 'thrownness' of human existence into the world without their choice.

Circumstances

The conditions surrounding or affecting an event, action, or situation, often beyond one's control.