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Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity Management: A Case Report
Published on: May 30, 2025
Long-term weight loss and breakfast in subjects in the National Weight Control Registry
Holly R Wyatt1, Gary K Grunwald, Cecilia L Mosca
1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu
Objective:
To examine breakfast consumption in subjects maintaining a weight loss in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR).
Research Methods And Procedures:
A cross-sectional study in which 2959 subjects in the NWCR completed demographic and weight history questionnaires as well as questions about their current breakfast consumption. All subjects had maintained a weight loss of at least 13.6 kg (30 lb) for at least 1 year; on average these subjects had lost 32 kg and kept it off for 6 years.
Results:
A large proportion of NWCR subjects (2313 or 78%) reported regularly eating breakfast every day of the week. Only 114 subjects (4%) reported never eating breakfast. There was no difference in reported energy intake between breakfast eaters and non-eaters, but breakfast eaters reported slightly more physical activity than non-breakfast eaters (p = 0.05).
Discussion:
Eating breakfast is a characteristic common to successful weight loss maintainers and may be a factor in their success.
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