Trial reportThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2020
Predicting Weight Loss Using Psychological and Behavioral Factors: The POUNDS LOST Trial.
Trial report in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06067451 (Impact of SMART GOAL Setting Protocol on Body Weight and Metabolic Parameters in Children and Adolescents With Prediabetes; a Randomized Clinical Trial.), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Impact of SMART GOAL Setting Protocol on Body Weight and Metabolic Parameters in Children and Adolescents With Prediabetes; a Randomized Clinical Trial.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Assessing the physiology of weight loss based on real-time weight monitoring: The ADAPT behavioral weight loss study protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Toward Precision Weight-Loss Dietary Interventions: Findings from the POUNDS Lost Trial.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Neuroimaging and neuroendocrine insights into food cravings and appetite interventions in obesity.Psychoradiology · 2023Review
- Reassessing relationships between appetite and adiposity in people at risk of obesity: A twin study using fMRI.Physiology & behavior · 2021Article
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Abstract
contextEating habits and food craving are strongly correlated with weight status. It is currently not well understood how psychological and behavioral factors influence both weight loss and weight regain.
objectiveTo examine the associations between psychological and behavioral predictors with weight changes and energy intake in a randomized controlled trial on weight loss. DESIGN AND
settingThe Prevention of Obesity Using Novel Dietary Strategies is a dietary intervention trial that examined the efficacy of 4 diets on weight loss over 2 years. Participants were 811 overweight (body mass index, 25-40.9 kg/m2; age, 30-70 years) otherwise healthy adults.
resultsEvery 1-point increase in craving score for high-fat foods at baseline was associated with greater weight loss (-1.62 kg, P = .0004) and a decrease in energy intake (r = -0.10, P = .01) and fat intake (r = -0.16, P < .0001) during the weight loss period. In contrast, craving for carbohydrates/starches was associated with both less weight loss (P < .0001) and more weight regain (P = .04). Greater cognitive restraint of eating at baseline was associated with both less weight loss (0.23 kg, P < .0001) and more weight regain (0.14 kg, P = .0027), whereas greater disinhibition of eating was only associated with more weight regain (0.12 kg, P = .01).
conclusionsCraving for high-fat foods is predictive of greater weight loss, whereas craving for carbohydrates is predictive of less weight loss. Cognitive restraint is predictive of less weight loss and more weight regain. Interventions targeting different psychological and behavioral factors can lead to greater success in weight loss.
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