Hypnotherapy as an adjunct to the dietetic management of obese patients
Abstract
Considers whether hypnotherapy offers a motivating supplement to mainstream dietary management, given that insufficient perseverance undermines the response of many obese patients to conventional dieting. Investigates hypnotherapy as a supplement to conventional diet therapy in eight obese patients recruited from a general practice. After instituting dietary weight reduction, hypnotherapy (post‐hypnotic suggestion, ego‐enhancing instructions and mental imagery) was carried out on a two‐to‐three weekly basis for up to 20 sessions. All patients experienced significant weight loss, but follow‐up two years later indicated partial relapse in most patients. Concludes that, while combined dietetic and hypnotherapy management are of short‐term value, this may only be sustainable by a strategy of long‐term maintenance.
Keywords
Citation
Greaves, E., Tidy, G. and Christie, R.A.S. (1995), "Hypnotherapy as an adjunct to the dietetic management of obese patients", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 95 No. 6, pp. 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/00346659510103593
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1995, MCB UP Limited