Personality affects weight loss

Hitomi Saito and colleagues Doshisha University in Japan have been monitoring 101 patients of the Clinical Hospital for Obesity of Kansai Medical University for 6 months. And have found that those who start slimming treatment with a personality that tends to optimism lose weight more slowly , while those that are able to improve your self-esteemalong the treatment thinning faster than their peers. The results confirm the findings previous studies on how some negative emotions (pessimism , low self esteem, ...) promote behavior change. However, once the treatment, increase optimism and improve the "ego" can help maintain healthy lifestyle acquired in the clinic, as the authors conclude in the journal Biopsychosocial Medicine .