ArticlePloS one2016
The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Post-Cessation Weight Gain in the Year after Quitting Smoking: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- A randomized controlled trial to reduce post-cessation weight gain.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Trial
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- Post-Cessation Weight Gain Across Smoking Cessation Therapies: A Review of Secondary Analyses from the ZESCA, EVITA, and E3 Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- The inverse relation between changes in body weight and serum phosphate expresses weight loss after lifestyle intervention in non-smokers and smokers, but not in subjects who quit smoking.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Importance of self-weighing to avoid post-cessation weight gain: A secondary analysis of the fit and quit randomized trial.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
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- Metabolic syndrome and smoking are independent risk factors of male idiopathic infertility.Basic and clinical andrology · 2019Article
- An empirical investigation of the impact of smoking on body weight using an endogenous treatment effects model approach: the role of food consumption patterns.Nutrition journal · 2018Article
- Differentials in prevalence and correlates of metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases among women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 33 countries.BMC public health · 2018Article
- The obesity epidemic and rising diabetes incidence in a low-income racially diverse southern US cohort.PloS one · 2018Article
- The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Smoking Cessation Plans in Korean Adults.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2017Article
- Smoking and the risk of type 2 diabetes.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2017Review
- Longitudinal Impact of Smoking and Smoking Cessation on Inflammatory Markers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2017Observational
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Abstract
introductionThere is wide variability in the amount of weight gained when quitting smoking, but little is known about key predictors of weight gain. We examined the impact of body mass index (BMI) category and sociodemographic variables on post-cessation weight gain. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe utilized National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from five consecutive cycles of data collection from 2003-2004 to 2011-2012 to estimate post-cessation weight gain by BMI category among recent quitters (n = 654). We analyzed data on their "current weight" and their "past year weight". We also compared the recent quitters with current smokers, in order to estimate the amount of weight that could be attributed to quitting smoking.
resultsRecent quitters gained 1.4 kg (95% CI: 0.8 to 2.0), while current smokers had a non-significant weight change (-0.01 kg (95% CI: -0.3 to 0.2). Weight gain was significant for those in the normal weight (3.1 kg, 95% CI: 2.3 to 3.9) and overweight BMI categories (2.2 kg, 95% CI: 1.1 to 3.2).
conclusionsBMI category is a key factor in the extent of post-cessation weight gain, with normal and overweight recent quitters gaining significant amounts of weight.
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