ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2014
Locus of control and obesity.
Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- The relationship between weight locus of control, eating behaviors, and anthropometric measurements in menopausal women aged 45-55: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Can Nutritional Status in Adults Be Influenced by Health Locus of Control?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Type D Personality and Health Behaviors in People Living with Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Educational quality may be a closer correlate of cardiometabolic health than educational attainment.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Petrol prices and obesity.Health economics · 2022Article
- Relationship among Self-Efficacy Expectations, Locus of Control, and Attributions in Bariatric Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Behavior, motivational interviewing, eating disorders, and obesity management technologies: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement (CPS) 2022.Obesity pillars · 2022Article
- Investigation of the psychometric properties of the Turkish version Multidimensional Weight Locus of Control Scale (T-MWLCS) in individuals with different body mass index.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- A Moderated Mediation Model of Perceived Effect of Fitspiration Images on Self: The Influence of Media Literacy and BMI.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Social Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Health: The Lived Experience of Adolescents with Obesity and Their Caregivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Psychometric properties of the Weight Locus of Control Scale (MWLCS): study with Spanish individuals of different anthropometric nutritional status.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Portion perfection and Emotional Freedom Techniques to assist bariatric patients post surgery: A randomised control trial.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Acupuncture or auricular electro-acupuncture as adjuncts to lifestyle interventions for weight management in PCOS: protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- The relationship between parental locus of control and adolescent obesity: a longitudinal pre-birth cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Article
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Abstract
In the developed world, the hazards associated with obesity have largely outstripped the risk of starvation. Obesity remains a difficult public health issue to address, due in large part to the many disciplines involved. A full understanding requires knowledge in the fields of genetics, endocrinology, psychology, sociology, economics, and public policy - among others. In this short review, which serves as an introduction to the Frontiers in Endocrinology research topic, we address one cross-disciplinary relationship: the interaction between the hunger/satiation neural circuitry, an individual's perceived locus of control, and the risk for obesity. Mammals have evolved a complex system for modulating energy intake. Overlaid on this, in humans, there exists a wide variation in "perceived locus of control" - that is, the extent to which an individual believes to be in charge of the events that affect them. Whether one has primarily an internal or external locus of control itself affects, and is affected by, external and physiological factors and has been correlated with the risk for obesity. Thus, the path from hunger and satiation to an individual's actual behavior may often be moderated by psychological factors, included among which is locus of control.
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