Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Baseline Psychosocial and Demographic Factors Associated with Study Attrition and 12-Month Weight Gain in the DIETFITS Trial.
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Do Insulin Secretion or Genotype Pattern Predict Low Fat vs Low Carb Weight Loss Success?
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The prognostic role of food addiction for weight loss treatment outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of food addiction in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Food Addiction in Individuals With Overweight and Obesity Undergoing a 12-Week Long Tailored mHealth Weight Loss Intervention.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Trial
- Pretreatment predictors of weight loss in a 12-month behavioral obesity treatment: a signal detection analysis of DIETFITS.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
- Switching diets after 6-months does not result in renewed weight loss: a secondary analysis of a 12-month crossover randomized trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Eating Behavior Traits and Success in Dietary Changes in Men with Prediabetes - the T2D-GENE Intervention.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2026Article
- Ultra-processed food addiction symptoms profile according to weight status among Brazilian adults.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Validation of the Chilean version of the Yale food addiction scale 2.0 in a non-clinical sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- The Food Addiction Clinical Treatment (FACT) Manual: A Harm Reduction Treatment Approach.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Factors influencing participation and regular attendance in a program combining physical activity and nutritional advice for overweight and obese pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Using latent class analysis to identify different clinical profiles according to food addiction symptoms in obesity with and without binge eating disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Co-occurrence of food addiction, obesity, problematic substance use, and parental history of problematic alcohol use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- Social, clinical, and policy implications of ultra-processed food addiction.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Article
- Adherence and eating experiences differ between participants following a flexitarian diet including red meat or a vegetarian diet including plant-based meat alternatives: findings from a 10-week randomised dietary intervention trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Withdrawal: A key consideration in evaluating whether highly processed foods are addictive.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Review
- A Tailored Gender-Sensitive mHealth Weight Loss Intervention (I-GENDO): Development and Process Evaluation.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Association of Food Insecurity and Food Addiction Symptoms: A Secondary Analysis of Two Samples of Low-Income Female Adults.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Observational
- Key Focus Group Themes to Inform Weight Management Interventions in Deep South African Americans.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2022Article
- Risk patterns in food addiction: a Mexican population approach.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Food Addiction in Eating Disorders: A Cluster Analysis Approach and Treatment Outcome.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine correlates of failure-trial attrition and weight gain-in a randomized clinical weight-loss trial.
methodsThe Diet Intervention Examining The Factors Interacting with Treatment Success (DIETFITS) trial included 609 adults (18-50 years; BMI 28-40). Participants were randomized to a 12-month healthy low-fat or healthy low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss. At baseline, participants completed psychosocial, demographic, and anthropometric measures. Stepwise logistic regressions identified baseline factors associated with (1) study attrition and (2) among trial completers, weight gain at 12 months.
resultsHaving higher baseline food addiction and self-efficacy was linked to treatment failure. Being younger, not having a college education, having higher outcome expectations and quality of life, and having lower social functioning and self-control increased the odds of trial attrition. Identifying as other than non-Hispanic white; not being married or cohabitating; having higher cognitive restraint and self-control; and having lower amotivation, family encouragement, and physical limitations increased the odds of gaining weight by treatment's end.
conclusionsParticipants' baseline psychosocial and demographic factors may support or impede successful weight loss. Trialists should attend to these factors when designing treatments in order to promote participants' likelihood of completing the trial and achieving their weight-loss goals.
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