BIT by Bit: Establishing a Behavioral Intervention Pilot at a U.K. University

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Liz Prance ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intervention

FIT – Do Something Different

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben (C) Fletcher ◽  
Jill Hanson ◽  
Nadine Page ◽  
Karen Pine
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Behavioral Flexibility ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Behavioral Repertoire ◽  
Additional Weight

Two 3-month longitudinal studies examined weight loss following a 1-month behavioral intervention (FIT-DSD) focusing on increasing participants’ behavioral flexibility and breaking daily habits. The goal was to break the distal habits hypothesized as playing a role in unhealthy dietary and activity behaviors. The FIT-DSD intervention required participants to do something different each day and to engage in novel weekly activities to expand their behavioral repertoire. These activities were not food- or exercise-related. In Study 1, the FIT-DSD program was compared with a control condition where participants engaged in daily tasks not expected to influence behavioral flexibility. Study 2 used an active or quasicontrol group in which half the participants were also on food diets. Measures in both studies were taken pre-, post-, and post-postintervention. In Study 1, FIT-DSD participants showed greater weight loss that continued post-postintervention. In Study 2, all participants on the FIT-DSD program lost weight, weight loss continued post-postintervention, and participants who were also dieting lost no additional weight. A dose relationship was observed between increases in behavioral flexibility scores and weight loss, and this relationship was mediated by calorie intake. Corresponding reductions in BMI were also present. Increasing behavioral flexibility may be an effective approach for tackling obesity and also provides affective and potential life-skill benefits.

Physical health following a cognitive–behavioral intervention.

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory McClellan Buchanan ◽  
Cara A. Rubenstein Gardenswartz ◽  
Martin E. P. Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention

Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Sleep Problems in Children With Angelman Syndrome

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith D. Allen ◽  
Brett R. Kuhn ◽  
Kristi Dehaai ◽  
Dustin P. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Angelman Syndrome ◽  
Sleep Problems
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