title: Applied Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity Through the Research of Professor Jane Wardle.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Obesity presents a challenge for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and for those with obesity themselves. This review focuses on psychological approaches to its management and prevention in children and adults.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Through exploring the work of the late Professor Jane Wardle, we look at the earliest behavioural treatment approaches and how psychological theory has been used to develop more contemporary approaches, for example incorporating genetic feedback and habit formation theory into interventions. We also explore how Jane has challenged thinking about the causal pathways of obesity in relation to eating behaviour. Beyond academic work, Jane was an advocate of developing interventions which had real-world applications. Therefore, we discuss how she not only developed new interventions but also made these widely available and the charity that she established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. h.croker@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Croker
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Beeken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Behavioural therapy (BT); Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT); Family-based behavioural treatment (FBBT); Genetic feedback; Habit formation theory; Obesity treatment