Dieting, Overweight and Obesity

Wolfgang Stroebe is Professor Emeritus of Utrecht University and now Visiting Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is a former president of the European Association of Social Psychology, a Fellow of many psychological societies and the recipient of lifetime awards from the European Association of Social Psychology and the German Psychological Society. He has authored and co-authored numerous books and research articles on topics of social and health psychology.

• 1. DIETING, OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY: AN INTRODUCTION 2. PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY 3. ENERGY BALANCE AND THE GENETICS OF BODY WEIGHT 4. ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF THE INCREASE IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY 5. CLASSIC THEORIES OF WEIGHT REGULATION IN OBESITY 6. RESTRAINED EATING AND THE BREAKDOWN OF SELF-REGULATION 7. BEYOND THE BOUNDARY MODEL: A COGNITIVE PROCESS THEORY OF RESTRAINED EATING 8 SUCCESSFUL RESTRAINED EATERS AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE DIETING SUCCESS 9. TREATMENT OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY 10. PREVENTION OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

"Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the causes of our continuing obesity epidemic and what we can do about it. Stroebe’s critical and comprehensive analysis expertly weaves together the latest research and psychological theories to explain why sticking to a healthy diet is so hard and why, when it comes to obesity, prevention is better than cure." - Natalia Lawrence, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Exeter, UK