• Cagla Ozdemir and Akbas GunesNurcanNhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8688-5839Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey..
• Kutahya Community Health Center, Kutahya, Turkey.
• Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2021 Aug 1; 75 (8): e14320.

AimThis study aimed to investigate the effects of diet and regular exercise on resilience in obese or overweight women.MethodsThe study was conducted with the 109 patients who applied to the obesity polyclinics. The patients were divided into three groups by their current disease conditions and willingness; those who were willing to both diet and exercise (diet + exercise group) (n: 35), those who were willing to only diet (diet group) (n: 37) and those who were not willing to recommended diet or exercise (control group) (n: 37). The "Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale" (CD-RISC) was applied to all the participants through face-to-face interviews. The CD-RISC scale was repeated 8 weeks after the first evaluation.ResultsThere was a significant difference between the total score and subscores of the scale in the intra-group comparison before and after the intervention (P < .05). When the groups were compared after the intervention, a significant difference was found between the diet group and the control group as well as the exercise +diet group and the control group (P < .05).ConclusionWe found that diet and exercise practices increased psychological endurance in obese or overweight women. In addition, positive improvements were also detected in psychological resilience subgroups such as perseverance and personal competence, tolerance to negative events and spiritual disposition.© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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