This book describes a novel therapy for obesity that associates the traditional procedures of
weight-loss lifestyle modification with specific individualized cognitive behavioral
procedures to address some obstacles that have been indicated by recent research to influence
weight loss and maintenance.The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity (CBT-OB) can be used
to treat all classes of obesity including patients with severe comorbidities and disability
associated with obesity who are not usually included in traditional weight-loss lifestyle
modification treatments.The book describes the treatment program in detail and with numerous
clinical vignettes. It also discusses involving significant others in the change process and
adapting the CBT-OB for patients with severe obesity binge-eating disorder medical and
psychiatric comorbidity and treated with weight-loss drugs or bariatric surgery. Lastly a
chapter is dedicated to the use of digital technology with CBT-OB in order to help patients
monitor their food intake and physical activity and to addressing obstacles in real time.Thanks
to the description of how to apply the latest evidence-based CBT-OB to real world settings
this volume is a valuable useful tool for all specialists - endocrinologists nutritionists
dietitians psychologists psychiatrists - who deal with obesity and eating disorders.
