Stress management in obesity during a thermal spa residential programme (ObesiStress): protocol for a randomised controlled trial study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stress and obesity are two public health issues. The relationship between obesity and stress is biological through the actions of stress on the major hormones that regulate appetite (leptin and ghrelin). Many spa resorts in France specialise in the treatment of obesity, but no thermal spa currently proposes a specific programme to manage stress in obesity. The ObesiStress protocol has been designed to offer a new residential stress management programme. This thermal spa treatment of obesity implements stress management strategies as suggested by international recommendations.

Methods and analysis

140 overweight or obese participants with a Body Mass Index of >25 kg/m² and aged over 18 years will be recruited. Participants will be randomised into two g

SUBMITTER: Dutheil F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008425 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature