Hypnosis Research and Weight Loss

Hi everyone,

Here's a scientific article about hypnosis and weight loss.  Great reference material.

On 13 FEB 2006, Marianne Barabasz Ed.D. and, David Spiegel M.D. published a research article online in the International Journal of Eating Disorders entitled Hypnotizability and weight loss in obese subjects.

 
The article was published in Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 335–341, in May 1989!  I think you need a membership to get access to the full article.  However, you can request a reprint.  Here’s the abstract website link:

 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1098-108X%28198905%298:3...

Here’s the abstract.  Wow!

Abstract
This study tested the effects of hypnosis for weight control. Hypnotizability was assessed by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C). Forty-five subjects completed the study with examiners who were blind with respect to hypnotizability scores. Subjects exposed to a simple self-management technique and to the Spiegel and Spiegel (1978) hypnosis intervention, modified to include specific food aversion, lost significantly more weight at a 3-month follow-up than subjects exposed only to the self-management treatment. The specificity of hypnosis in the program was supported by a significant correlation between weight loss and SHSS:C scores for the same group. Subject attrition was about equal across all treatment groups, suggesting all treatments were perceived as active.

Does anyone find this article helpful for proving hypnosis and weight loss really work?

Susan