Successful weight management is a cumulative process in which individuals have lost a minimum of 10% of their body weight and have successfully kept it off for one full year (Montesi et al., 2016). According to the obesity and data trends in the United States from 1990-2017, the adult obesity rate was approximately 30% in 29 states and equaled or exceeded 35% in a total of 7 states (Obesity rates & trend data, 2018). Obesity related health conditions including diabetes, hypertension and physical inactivity have risen to 15.2%, 43.5% and 34.4% respectively in certain states (Obesity rates & trend data, 2018). With rising influences of social factors and availability of calorically dense, nutritiously low food options coupled with biological factors and an overall greater rate of physical inactivity, weight loss has become a laborious task with reduced success of sustainability (Summerfield & Ellis, 2016). Behavioral and non-behavioral approaches can be utilized in the attempt to properly manage individual’s weight, while each method has it pros and cons. 

Behavioral approaches to weight management

In order to quell the weight gain and regain epidemic, successful maintenance using behavioral methods including but not limited to lifestyle, training modifications, dietary mo…

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