ArticleInternational Journal of Cardiology. Hypertension2020
Body weight variability is not associated with changes in risk factors for cardiometabolic disease.
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- 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
- Unpacking weight management interventions measuring eating disorder risk in adults: coding of components of interventions in a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Body weight variability as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes in type 1 diabetes: A nationwide cohort study.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Article
- A machine-learned model for predicting weight loss success using weight change features early in treatment.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- The association of body mass index variability with cardiovascular disease and mortality: a mediation analysis of pooled cohorts.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Variability in body weight and the risk of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes: results from the Swedish National Diabetes Register.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Article
- Body weight gain rather than body weight variability associated with increased risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The impact of early body-weight variability on long-term weight maintenance: exploratory results from the NoHoW weight-loss maintenance intervention.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
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Abstract
contextWeight loss is known to improve health, however the influence of variability in body weight around the overall trajectory on these outcomes is unknown. Few studies have measured body weight frequently enough to accurately estimate the variability component.
objectiveTo investigate the association of 12-month weight variability and concurrent weight change with changes in health markers and body composition.
methodsThis study was a secondary analysis of the NoHoW trial, a 2 × 2 factorial randomised controlled trial promoting evidence-based behaviour change for weight loss maintenance. Outcome measurements related to cardiometabolic health and body composition were taken at 0, 6 and 12 months. Participants were provided with Wi-Fi connected smart scales (Fitbit Aria 2) and asked to self-weigh regularly over this period. Associations of weight variability and weight change with change in outcomes were investigated using multiple linear regression with multiple levels of adjustment in 955 participants.
resultsTwelve models were generated for each health marker. Associations between weight variability and changes in health markers were inconsistent between models and showed no evidence of a consistent relationship, with all effects explaining <1% of the outcome, and most 0%. Weight loss was consistently associated with improvements in health and body composition, with the greatest effects seen in percent body fat (R
conclusionOver 12-months, weight variability was not consistently associated with any measure of cardiometabolic health or body composition, however weight loss consistently improved all outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN88405328.
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