Psychological well-being  is  a  multidimensional  concept  that  is  typically  defined  as  mixture  of  positive affective  states  such  as  satisfaction  and  functioning  with  optimum  life  efficiency. The  aim  of  this  study  was  to  examine  the   relationship   between  weight  efficacy  life  style  dimensions  and  perceived  parental  styles  dimensions  with  psychological wel...

The perception of object properties, such as size and weight, can be subject to illusions. Could a visual size illusion influence perceived weight? Here, we tested whether the size-weight illusion occurs when lifting two physically identical but perceptually different objects, by using an illusion of size. Participants judged the weight and length of 11 to 17 cm brass bars with equal density to...

BACKGROUND Community Health Centers (CHCs) are important settings for obesity prevention and control. However, few studies have explored the barriers that CHC clinicians perceive their patients face in maintaining a healthy weight. METHODS Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with thirty physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners recruited from four Community Heal...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether perceived weight discrimination is associated with change in health markers over time and whether it is associated with daily stressors, physical symptoms, and affect. METHODS Participants were selected from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study if they had data on perceived weight discrimination and health markers at MIDUS II (2004-2006), health markers ...

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of caffeine on judo performance, perceived exertion, and plasma lactate response when ingested during recovery from a 5-day weight loss period. Six judokas performed two cycles of a 5-day rapid weight loss procedure to reduce their body weight by ~5%. After weigh-in, subjects re-fed and rehydrated over a 4-h recovery period. In the third hou...

AIM The purpose of the research study was to evaluate a diet intervention in relation to the perceived weight loss and ways of coping of people living with HIV and lipodystrophy. The objectives were (i) to measure the perceived impact of weight loss upon men with HIV and lipodystrophy following a diet intervention and (ii) to identify strategies used by men to cope with HIV and lipodystrophy fo...