Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2014
Daily self-weighing within a lifestyle intervention: impact on disordered eating symptoms.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic mapping review of individual participant factors related to eating disorder risk collected in behavioural weight management trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Pooled it
- Eating disorder risk during behavioral weight management in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to reduce binge eating symptoms in African American and Hispanic women.Appetite · 2015Trial
- Determining how best to support overweight adults to adhere to lifestyle change: protocol for the SWIFT study.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Frequent self-weighing as part of a constellation of healthy weight control practices in young adults.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015Trial
- Dissemination of the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention in the United States Air Force: study rationale, design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Unpacking weight management interventions measuring eating disorder risk in adults: coding of components of interventions in a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Study protocol for Log2Lose: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate financial incentives for dietary self-monitoring and interim weight loss in adults with obesity.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Health, health behaviors, and medical care utilization among college students with obesity.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- Psychological and behavioral responses to daily weight gain during behavioral weight loss treatment.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- A low-burden, self-weighing intervention to prevent weight gain in adults with obesity who do not enroll in comprehensive treatment.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
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- Eating pathology and psychological outcomes in young adults in self-regulation interventions using daily self-weighing.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- Helpful or harmful? The comparative value of self-weighing and calorie counting versus intuitive eating on the eating disorder symptomology of college students.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2018Article
- Moms fit 2 fight: Rationale, design, and analysis plan of a behavioral weight management intervention for pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S. military.Contemporary clinical trials · 2018Article
- Relation of self-weighing to future weight gain and onset of disordered eating symptoms.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2018Article
- Self-monitoring has no adverse effect on disordered eating in adults seeking treatment for obesity.Obesity science & practice · 2018Article
- Frequency of self-weighing and weight loss outcomes within a brief lifestyle intervention targeting emerging adults.Obesity science & practice · 2016Article
- Self-Weighing: Helpful or Harmful for Psychological Well-Being? A Review of the Literature.Current obesity reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether daily self-weighing (DSW) is associated with disordered eating (DE) symptoms within an adult lifestyle intervention (LI), and to examine changes in DE symptoms during the 18-month trial.
methodOne-hundred and seventy-eight adults (53% female, 90% White, 52.0 ± 8.6 years, BMI = 35.0 ± 4.4 kg/m2) were enrolled in a randomized trial testing 2 dietary prescriptions within a LI (standard vs. limited dietary variety). Both arms were taught DSW and had the same contact schedule and calorie and activity goals. Frequency of weighing and DE were assessed at 0, 6, 12, and 18 months. Analyses controlled for treatment arm.
resultsAt baseline, 16.3% of participants reported weighing ≥ daily compared with 83.7%, 72.3%, and 68.2% at 6, 12, and 18 months, respectively. There was no relationship between change in frequency of self-weighing and change in DE symptoms at any time point. Further, there were no significant differences between those who weighed ≥ daily versus < daily on DE composite scores at baseline or 6 months; at 12 and 18 months participants who weighed ≥ daily reported lower DE scores compared with those who weighed < daily (p = .008 and .043 at 12 and 18 months, respectively). Participants who weighed ≥ daily achieved better weight losses than those weighing < daily at 12 and 18 months (p = .003 and <.001). There was a significant reduction over time in DE symptoms (p < .0001) and a reduction in odds of meeting criteria for Binge Eating Disorder (BED; ps < .001).
conclusionsDaily self-weighing did not appear to be related to increased disordered eating behavior and was associated with better weight loss outcomes.
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