Frontiers in Public Health
Mind over matter: psychological insights for effective weight reduction through exercise in university students
This comprehensive review article examines the multifaceted psychological dimensions that underpin effective weight reduction through exercise among university students, a demographic uniquely vulnerable to weight gain and sedentary lifestyles during a critical transitional life period. Adopting a structured narrative (integrative) review approach and drawing on peer-reviewed literature identified through structured searches of PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, and ERIC (2000–2025), with emphasis on studies …