ReviewCurrent obesity reports2023
Sabotage, Collusion, and Being a Feeder: Towards a New Model of Negative Social Support and Its Impact on Weight Management.
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- The Role of Household Social Support and Undermining in Dietary Change.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Trial
- The mediating role of social support in behavioral changes and weight loss outcomes among overweight Appalachian adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- Promoting adherence to weight-related behaviors in young adults: Design of the Nudge microrandomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Resistant and Refractory Obesity: The Complexity of Anti-Obesity Therapy Failure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Sabotage, feeding and collusion after bariatric surgery. And the winner is . . .? A psychodynamic and systemic perspective on sabotage and feeding after bariatric surgery by means of a case series analysis.Health (London, England : 1997) · 2026Article
- Perceived barriers and facilitators to engagement and behavioral enactment in weight management interventions among racial and ethnic minorities.Discover public health · 2026Article
- 'Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Understanding the selection of support partners in a behavioral weight loss program.Psychology & health · 2025Article
- Romantic partner undermining in a behavioral weight loss intervention.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement and Behavioral Enactment in Weight Management Interventions Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities.Research square · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding body weight management among patients with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Couples-based health behavior change interventions: A relationship science perspective on the unique opportunities and challenges to improve dyadic health.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWhilst research indicates the positive impact of social support across a number of health domains, including weight management, not all social support is beneficial. RECENT
findingsThis paper reviews the evidence for both positive and negative social support in the context of behavioural interventions and surgery for obesity. It then presents a new model of negative social support focusing on sabotage ('active and intentional undermining of another person's weight goals'), feeding behaviour ('explicit over feeding of someone when they are not hungry or wishing not to eat'), and collusion ('passive and benign negative social support to avoid conflict') which can be conceptualised within the context of relationships as systems and the mechanisms of homeostasis. There is increasing evidence for the negative impact of social support. This new model could form the basis of further research and the development of interventions for family, friends, and partners to maximise weight loss outcomes.
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