The current study is the
first to report the impact of motivational interviewing among Iranian women. The findings of the present study will
have potential implications for obesity treatment of obese women in Iranian culture. In current study self-efficacy in
all five subscales, and the total WEL score and BMI increased in intervention group. This finding supports previous
data that showed enhanced self-efficacy in obese women who decreased weight in various treatment [5,6]. Many
studies that investigated the effectiveness of motivational interview on weight reduction support this study
[7,8,9,10]. Motivational interviewing augmented weight loss by increasing attendance at group sessions and
producing more frequent and more comprehensive self-monitoring