ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2018
Self-control as measured by delay discounting is greater among successful weight losers than controls.
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- 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 · 2020Pooled it
- Longitudinal dynamics of impulsivity in individuals undergoing obesity surgery - a systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2025Review
- The functional connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the medial prefrontal cortex underlying the association between self-control and delay discounting.Brain structure & function · 2025Article
- Phenylketonuria as an Adherence Disease.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Review
- Time Perspective and BMI: The Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Assessing the relationship between delay discounting and decisions to engage in various protective behaviors during COVID-19.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2024Article
- Changes in temporal discounting, hedonic hunger, and food addiction during recovery from substance misuse.Appetite · 2022Article
- Applicability of time-restricted eating for the prevention of lifestyle-dependent diseases in a working population: results of a pilot study in a pre-post design.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2021Article
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- Multimorbidity: Implications and directions for health psychology and behavioral medicine.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- Effect of a Combined Exercise and Dietary Intervention on Self-Control in Obese Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Long-term weight loss maintenance is likely to require strong self-control in order to sustain changes in behavior patterns. We, therefore, tested the hypothesis that those who have successfully maintained weight loss may have superior self-control compared to control participants. Self-control was assessed using a delay discounting task through a webbased assessment of members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR: N = 757; non-obese = 605; obese = 152) and control participants (Control N = 443; nonobese = 236; obese = 207) from Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Both NWCR members that were currently obese (t = 5.42, p < 0.001) and nonobese (t = 5.28, p < 0.001) discounted the future less than control participants with comparable weight statuses. These results are indicative of higher levels of self-control behaviors in individuals that have lost and successfully maintained weight loss. Thus, successful weight losers may exhibit stronger self-control, as measured through discounting of future rewards, However, further research is needed to determine whether strong selfcontrol enables individuals to succeed at weight loss maintenance or develops as a consequence.
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