Benefits of Hypnotherapy on Weight Loss
Hypnotherapy Weight Loss Study Aim
To assess if hypnotherapy assists attempts at weight loss.
Hypnotherapy Weight Loss Study Method
Randomized, controlled, parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy (directed
at stress reduction or energy intake reduction), vs. dietary advice alone
in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous
positive airway pressure treatment.
Hypnotherapy Weight Loss Study Setting
National Health Service hospital in the UK.
Hypnotherapy Weight Loss Study Measurements
Weight lost at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 months after dietary advice and
hypnotherapy, as a percentage of original body weight.
Hypnotherapy Weight Loss Study Results
All three groups lost 2-3 percent of their body weight at three months.
At 18 months only the hypnotherapy group (with stress reduction) still
showed a significant, but small (3.8 kg), mean weight loss compared to
baseline. Analysed over the whole time period the hypnotherapy group with
stress reduction achieved significantly more weight loss than the other
two treatment arms, which were not significantly different from each other.
Hypnotherapy Weight Loss Study Conclusion
This controlled trial on the use of hypnotherapy, as an adjunct to dietary
advice in producing weight loss, has produced a statistically significant
result in favour of hypnotherapy. However, the benefits were small and
clinically insignificant. More intensive hypnotherapy might of course
have been more successful, and perhaps the results of the trial are sufficiently
encouraging to pursue this approach further.
Source: International Journal of Obesity
(1998)
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