Background: Most theories of health‐behavior change focus exclusively on individual self‐
regulation without taking social factors, such as social support, into account. This study's first …

Social support is important to achieve beneficial changes in risk factors for disease, such as
overweight and obesity. This paper presents the theoretical and practical framework for …

Objectives This study sought to investigate the psychometric properties of two commonly
used measures of social support in obesity, namely, the Social Support for Eating Habits …

The role of social support in weight management is not fully understood, as more support
has been linked to both favorable and unfavorable outcomes. We examined social support …

It is often assumed that support from others in the environment is beneficial for persons
attempting to make health behavior changes, including dietary change. However, many …

Social support has been found to predict success with health behavior change but, as yet,
few studies examine the relationship between social support and dietary change in a low …

This review draws on the literature in nutrition and dietetics and in the behavioral sciences to
explore the association of social support and weight management and to identify effective …

Background Social support has been associated with physical and mental health; however,
the relationship between social support and diet quality is not well understood. Objective …

Background: Much evidence has accumulated over the last three decades that low social
support is related to both mental and physical health. Despite this large and convincing …

Objective: We examined the measurement and mediating role of social support in dietary
intake among participants in Texercise Select, an intervention for improving lifestyle …