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Etiology and Treatment of Obesity in Adults and Children: Implications for the Addiction Model

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Author	O'Byrne, Kristin Koetting Stein, Risa J. Suminski, Richard R. Haddock, C. Keith
Copyright Year	2014
Description	This chapter reviews the current literature on obesity etiology and the components of effective weight loss treatments and compare this literature to the major premises of the addictions model. The toll obesity takes on the health of the American population is enormous. For obese children and adults the costs include impaired health and psychosocial functioning as well as staggering health care costs. The addictions model of obesity may offer an explanation for the disappointing outcomes of most current approaches to weight loss. According to this model, obesity is the result of a dependence on certain food substances, which obese individuals are powerless to control. Effective management of obesity, according to the addictions model, therefore includes an admission that one is powerless over food and complete abstinence from offending food substances. The chapter concludes that while the addictions model may appropriately characterize obese individuals, it is inconsistent with much of what is known about the development and treatment of obesity. Book Name: Food as a Drug
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Ending Page	121
Page Count	19
Starting Page	103
DOI	10.4324/9781315786391-6
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2014-02-25
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Food As a Drug Emergency Medicine Obesity Children Treatment Adults Addictions Model Powerless Etiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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