ArticleObesity facts2017
Long-Term Weight Maintenance Strategies Are Experienced as a Burden by Persons Who Have Lost Weight Compared to Persons with a lifetime Normal, Stable Weight.
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- Effectiveness of whole-body vibration training on body mass reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Perspectives into the experience of successful, substantial long-term weight-loss maintenance: a systematic review.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Pooled it
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- Evaluation of Worksite Wellness Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs and Their Subsequent Impact on Participants' Body Composition.Journal of obesity · 2018Pooled it
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- The Long-Term Dietitian and Psychological Support of Obese Patients Who Have Reduced Their Weight Allows Them to Maintain the Effects.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Determinants favoring weight regain after weight-loss therapy among postmenopausal women.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Optimizing an extended care intervention to promote weight loss maintenance: Protocol for the OPT-X multiphase optimization strategy factorial trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Weight Gains Across Adulthood-The ELSA-Brasil Study.Clinical obesity · 2026Article
- Self-identified strategies to manage intake of tempting foods: cross-sectional and prospective associations with BMI and snack intake.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
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- Does diet strictness level during weekends and holiday periods influence 1-year follow-up weight loss maintenance? Evidence from the Portuguese Weight Control Registry.Nutrition journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess dietary intake, eating patterns, physical activity and eating behaviors, and to explore strategies and perceptions of the experience of weight maintenance in weight loss maintainers (weight loss maintenance (WLM) ≥ 10% weight loss maintained for ≥1 year) and in matched controls with a lifetime stable normal weight.
methodsVolunteers (32) were recruited by a snowball procedure in this cross-sectional, mixed-methods study. Diet, physical activity, and eating behaviors were assessed with validated questionnaires. Strategies and experiences were investigated during interviews. Descriptive coding, thematic analysis (qualitative data) as well as descriptive analysis and t-tests (quantitative data) were performed.
resultsBoth groups had similar energy and macronutrient consumption. Those in the WLM group reported higher levels of exercise and scored higher on several dimensions of eating disorders. Four themes - 'food choices,' 'quantities and portion control,' 'physical activity', and 'burden' - emerged from the qualitative data. Both groups used similar weight maintenance strategies, but those in the WLM group experienced a higher burden, expressing effortful control which contrasted with the control group's confidence in their internal cues.
conclusionOur results show an additional burden related with maintaining weight loss compared to keeping a stable normal weight. They provide evidence to devise interventions that will address the difficulty of regulating intake.
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