Episodic future thinking, delay discounting, and exercise during weight loss maintenance: The PACE trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Weight loss maintenance (WLM) is the next major challenge in obesity treatment. While most individuals who lose weight intend to keep their weight off, weight regain is common. Temporal Self-Regulation Theory posits that whether intentions lead to behavior depends on self-regulatory capacity, including delay discounting (DD; the tendency to discount a larger future reward in favor of a smaller immediate reward). Episodic Future Thinking (EFT; mental imagery of a future event for which a health goal is important) may improve DD and promote behavior change. Described herein is a trial protocol designed to examine whether EFT improves DD within the context of weight loss maintenance.

Method

Participants who lose ≥5% of initial body weight in an online behavioral weig

SUBMITTER: Leahey TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344362 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature