TY - JOUR
T1 - Oh stuff it! the experience and explanation of diet failure
T2 - An exploration using interpretative phenomenological analysis
AU - Green, A. R.
AU - Larkin, M.
AU - Sullivan, V.
PY - 2009/10/14
Y1 - 2009/10/14
N2 - Successful long-term weight-loss is exceptional, even with the best dietary and psychological interventions. Nomothetic accounts of diet failure focus on cognitive processes and emotional regulation. However, qualitative research suggests that successful dieters draw on wider understandings in explaining their success; this study extends this literature to address diet failure. Individual interviews with 10 self-selected UK dieters are analysed using IPA. Understandings of diet failure are explored and situated within wider cultural discourses. Five themes are identified: 'Dieting mode'; 'Multime'; 'Not me'; 'Modern life'; and 'Challenges of emotional and social eating'. Implications for weight-loss interventions are explored.
AB - Successful long-term weight-loss is exceptional, even with the best dietary and psychological interventions. Nomothetic accounts of diet failure focus on cognitive processes and emotional regulation. However, qualitative research suggests that successful dieters draw on wider understandings in explaining their success; this study extends this literature to address diet failure. Individual interviews with 10 self-selected UK dieters are analysed using IPA. Understandings of diet failure are explored and situated within wider cultural discourses. Five themes are identified: 'Dieting mode'; 'Multime'; 'Not me'; 'Modern life'; and 'Challenges of emotional and social eating'. Implications for weight-loss interventions are explored.
KW - Adults
KW - Diet
KW - Eating behaviour
KW - Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
KW - Overweight
KW - Qualitative methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349784614&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105309342293
U2 - 10.1177/1359105309342293
DO - 10.1177/1359105309342293
M3 - Article
C2 - 19786526
AN - SCOPUS:70349784614
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 14
SP - 997
EP - 1008
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 7
ER -