ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2021
The impact of early body-weight variability on long-term weight maintenance: exploratory results from the NoHoW weight-loss maintenance intervention.
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- Prospective Association Between Weight Variability and Subsequent Long-Term Weight Loss in the CALERIE Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Trial
- A Digital Toolkit for Weight Loss Maintenance in European Adults (NoHoW): 2×2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Evaluating potential predictors of weight loss response to liraglutide in adolescents with obesity: A post hoc analysis of the randomized, placebo-controlled SCALE Teens trial.Pediatric obesity · 2023Trial
- Hair Cortisol Concentration, Weight Loss Maintenance and Body Weight Variability: A Prospective Study Based on Data From the European NoHoW Trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Trial
- The Impact of Digital Technology-Based Exercise Combined With Dietary Intervention on Body Composition in College Students With Obesity: Prospective Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Weight loss maintenance after a digital commercial behavior change program (Noom Weight): Observational cross-sectional survey study.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Long-term outcomes of dietary carbohydrate restriction for HbADiabetologia · 2022Article
- Reference equations of oxygen uptake for the step test in the obese population.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2022Article
- Accuracy of Smart Scales on Weight and Body Composition: Observational Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundWeight-loss programmes often achieve short-term success though subsequent weight regain is common. The ability to identify predictive factors of regain early in the weight maintenance phase is crucial.
objectiveTo investigate the associations between short-term weight variability and long-term weight outcomes in individuals engaged in a weight-loss maintenance intervention.
methodsThe study was a secondary analysis from The NoHoW trial, an 18-month weight maintenance intervention in individuals who recently lost ≥5% body weight. Eligible participants (n = 715, 64% women, BMI = 29.2 (SD 5.0) kg/m
resultsGreater non-linear weight variability over the first 6, 9 and 12 weeks was associated with increased subsequent weight in all comparisons; as was greater linear weight variability measured over 12 weeks (up to AdjR
conclusionBody-weight variability over the first 9 and 12 weeks of a weight-loss maintenance intervention weakly predicted increased weight at 12 and 18 months. These results suggest a potentially important role in continuously measuring body weight and estimating weight variability.
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