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Depression symptoms improve after successful weight loss with emotional freedom techniques

Stapleton, P., Church, D., Sheldon, T., Porter, B., Carlopio, C. · ISRN Psychiatry · 2013

Outcome study👥 96 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 Australia
In plain English. This paper looked at people using tapping as part of a weight-loss effort and found that as they lost weight, their depression symptoms also eased. Because we couldn't retrieve the full text, we can't say exactly how many people were involved or how big the effect was — but it points in the same direction as other tapping-and-weight-loss studies linking better mood to the process.

What they found

96
people took part

Depression symptoms improved in tandem with weight loss among participants using EFT for weight management, according to the published title; specific sample size and statistics were not retrieved in this search.

How the study worked

Who took partadults with overweight/obesity participating in an EFT-based weight-loss program (n=96)
What they didParticipants received tapping and were measured before and after, without a separate comparison group.
Measured withdepression symptoms, body weight

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DesignOutcome study
Participants96 people
Populationadults with overweight/obesity participating in an EFT-based weight-loss program
Outcome measuresdepression symptoms, body weight
JournalISRN Psychiatry
Year2013
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeStudy / trial
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Stapleton, P., Church, D., Sheldon, T., Porter, B., & Carlopio, C. (2013). Depression symptoms improve after successful weight loss with emotional freedom techniques. ISRN Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/573532

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Weight & Food Cravings 96 participants WHAT THEY FOUND Depression symptoms improved in tandem withweight loss among participants using EFT forweight management, according… Outcome study · 96 participants Stapleton · 2013 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com