Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2010
Psychological factors discriminating between successful and unsuccessful weight loss in a behavioral exercise and nutrition education treatment.
Trial report in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of baseline psychosocial characterisation in dietary randomised controlled trials for weight loss.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2013Pooled it
- What are the most effective techniques in changing obese individuals' physical activity self-efficacy and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2013Pooled it
- Theory-based psychosocial factors that discriminate between weight-loss success and failure over 6 months in women with morbid obesity receiving behavioral treatments.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2015Trial
- Short-term weight loss patterns, baseline predictors, and longer-term follow-up within a randomized controlled trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2014Trial
- Supported exercise improves controlled eating and weight through its effects on psychosocial factors: extending a systematic research program toward treatment development.The Permanente journal · 2012Trial
- Personalizing a Weight Loss Program Using Cognitive-Behavioral Phenotypes to Improve Engagement and Weight Loss in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The impact of weight self-stigma on weight-loss treatment engagement and outcome.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Evidence and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for management of overweight and obesity in midlife women: An AIIMS-DST initiative.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Behavioral Weight Loss and Maintenance: A 25-Year Research Program Informing Innovative Programming.The Permanente journal · 2022Review
- Letters: obesity behavior change.The Permanente journal · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundPsychological and behavioral characteristics that predict success or failure with weight-loss treatments are poorly understood. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess whether social cognitive theory-based factors discriminate between women who are successful and unsuccessful at weight loss.
methodObese women (BMI = 30 to 45 kg/m(2)) who participated in a treatment of behavioral exercise support counseling and nutrition education were divided into quartiles based on percentage of body weight lost over 6 months. Factors based on social cognitive theory, both at baseline and change over 6 months, and exercise attendance were used to discriminate between the successful (highest quartile, M(change in body weight) = -9.3%; n = 40) and unsuccessful (lowest quartile, M(change in body weight) = 1.9%; n = 37) groups.
resultsStepwise discriminant analyses indicated that body satisfaction and tension (anxiety) scores at baseline, and changes over 6 months in self-regulatory efficacy and body satisfaction, made significant contributions to predicting group membership (64% and 69% of cases were correctly classified, respectively). Attendance percentage of exercise sessions was significantly greater for the successful weight-loss group, and when added as a predictor, changes in self-regulatory efficacy and attendance made a significant contribution to predicting group membership (81% of cases were correctly classified).
conclusionFurther research may enable psychological determinants to better guide weight loss theory and treatments.
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