Cynthia Gray, ‘If Diets Don’t Work, Then What? An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Approach to Weight Management Via Wellbeing: A Pilot Study’, http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:396535, School of Psychology Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences University of Queensland (19 Jul 2016).
Positive change
Measures of wellbeing in which positive change occurred were mindful attention, body acceptance, valued living, self-compassion, satisfaction with life, and flourishing. (…) Change in the anticipated direction was also found with worry about weight, and worry about weight hindering participation in valued life activities.