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SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2017

Prevalence of personal weight control attempts in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

I Santos, F F Sniehotta, M M Marques, E V Carraça, P J Teixeira

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Synthesis in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Do eating behavior traits predict energy intake and body mass index? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023
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  4. Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020
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  8. Prevalence of personal weight control attempts in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

I SantosInterdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1638-8551
F F SniehottaInstitute of Health and Society, Medical Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
M M MarquesInterdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
E V CarraçaInterdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
P J TeixeiraInterdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Funding

Cancer Research UKMedical Research Council MR/J000477/1Medical Research Council MR/K02325X/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the prevalence of personal weight control attempts (weight loss and/or maintenance) worldwide and to identify correlates, personal strategies used and the underlying motives. We included epidemiological/observational studies of adults (≥18 years) reporting prevalence of weight control attempts in the past-year. Seventy-two studies (n = 1,184,942) met eligibility criteria. Results from high quality studies showed that 42% of adults from general populations and 44% of adults from ethnic-minority populations reported trying to lose weight, and 23% of adults from general populations reported trying to maintain weight annually. In general population studies, higher prevalence of weight loss attempts was observed in the decade of 2000-2009 (48.2%), in Europe/Central Asia (61.3%) and in overweight/obese individuals and in women (p < 0.01). Of the 37 strategies (grouped in 10 domains of the Oxford Food and Activity Behaviours Taxonomy) and 12 motives reported for trying to control weight, exercising and dieting (within the energy compensation and restraint domains, respectively) and wellbeing and long-term health were the most prevalent. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review to investigate weight control attempts worldwide. Key strategies and motives were identified which have implications for future public health initiatives on weight control.

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Body WeightHealth BehaviorMotivationAdultAsiaBody Weight MaintenanceDietEthnicityEuropeExerciseFemaleHumansObesityObservational Studies as TopicPrevalenceWeight LossMaintenancemotivesstrategiesweight loss

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PMCPMC5215364

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