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weight loss behavior

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weight loss behavior,
a nursing outcome from the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) defined as personal actions to lose weight through diet, exercise, and behavior modification. See also Nursing Outcomes Classification.


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For example, overeating is a common feature in depression, however, these individuals do not engage in inappropriate weight loss behaviors and do not exhibit the overconcern with body image and weight loss that is characteristic of the bulimic.
The more you practice substituting good weight loss behavior, the easier it will get.
Thus, weight gain behaviors for males may be as potentially problematic as weight loss behaviors in females.
 
 
 
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