Psychological Barriers to Weight Loss

A person can intentionally gain weight to avoid unwanted social attention, illustrating that psychological motivators behind weight gain can be hidden and unconscious. Identifying and resolving underlying psychological motivators is part of enabling a successful weight loss effort. Gaining weight to avoid social attention can eventually cause serious health problems such as high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Health consequences such as diabetes and hypertension can become the eventual motivator that drives a person to seek weight loss help.