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The Science of Weight Loss When hypnosis is used instead of self-management, weight loss increases over a three-month period. The discovery was made during a study of 45 women in 1989. Making a start on weight loss is all very well, but reaching your target and maintaining your ideal weight is much more difficult. A study of more than 100 women aged between 17 and 67 found that, when half the group was subjected to hypnosis, they continued to hit their weight loss targets after two years. Both the hypnosis group and the non-hypnosis group showed a significant weight change over the course of the study, but only those who utilised hypnosis continued to lose a significant amount of weight. Another study highlights the massive difference that hypnosis can make. When 60 women took part in an experiment in 1986, researchers found that those who were hypnotised lost 17 pounds; the non-hypnosis group lost just half a pound! If you’ve ever wondered why hypnosis works, a paper published in the Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis in 1995 has some answers. Researchers concluded that hypnotherapy was effective because it challenged faulty beliefs about food, identified triggers to over-eating and binge eating, and helped control those triggers. Tapes and CDs have also been found to be a huge benefit to weight loss. A 1985 study found that people who are taught to use self-hypnosis through recordings performed better than those who were not. Finally, weight problems are often associated with low self-esteem. What a 1995 study published in the International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research found was that hypnosis is effective at tackling this particular root of the problem. |
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© Debbie Williams. 2006