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Behavioral and Psychological Strategies of Long-Term Weight Loss Maintainers in a Widely Available Weight Management Program.
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Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) [Obesity (Silver Spring)] 2020 Feb; Vol. 28 (2), pp. 421-428. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objective: The study's purpose was to use validated questionnaires to identify novel behavioral and psychological strategies among weight loss maintainers (WLMs) in a commercial weight management program.<br />Methods: Participants were 4,786 WLMs in WW (formerly Weight Watchers, New York, New York) who had maintained weight loss ≥ 9.1 kg (24.7 kg/23.8% weight loss on average) for 3.3 years and had a current mean BMI of 27.6 kg/m <superscript>2</superscript> . A control group of 528 weight-stable individuals with obesity had a mean BMI of 38.9 kg/m <superscript>2</superscript> and weight change < 2.3 kg over the previous 5 years.<br />Results: WLMs versus Controls practiced more frequent healthy dietary choices (3.3 vs. 1.9; η p 2 = 0.37), self-monitoring (2.6 vs. 0.7; η p 2 = 0.30), and psychological coping (2.5 vs. 1.1; η p 2 = 0.25) strategies. WLMs also reported more willingness to ignore food cravings (4.4 vs. 3.5; η p 2 = 0.16) and had greater habit strength for healthy eating (5.3 vs. 3.2;  η p 2 = 0.21). Standard canonical coefficients indicated that dietary (0.52), self-monitoring (0.40), and psychological (0.14) strategies as well as habit strength for healthy eating (0.15) contributed independently and most (49.5% of variance) to discriminating groups.<br />Conclusions: In a widely available weight management program, more frequent practice of healthy dietary, self-monitoring, and psychological coping strategies as well as development of greater habit strength for healthy eating differentiated long-term WLMs from weight-stable individuals with obesity.<br /> (© 2020 California Polytechnic State University. Obesity published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Obesity Society (TOS).)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Diet
Diet, Healthy methods
Diet, Healthy psychology
Diet, Healthy statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation physiology
New York epidemiology
Obesity epidemiology
Obesity psychology
Psychology
Self Efficacy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
Volition physiology
Weight Reduction Programs statistics & numerical data
Body Weight Maintenance physiology
Health Behavior physiology
Obesity prevention & control
Weight Loss
Weight Reduction Programs methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1930-739X
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31970912
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22685