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Failure to meet weight loss expectations does not impact maintenance in successful weight losers
Amy A Gorin1, Angela Marinilli Pinto, Deborah F Tate
1Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School/Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. amy.gorin@uconn.edu
Objective:
The objective was to examine whether having a weight loss experience that lives up to one's expectations is related to maintenance in a group of successful weight losers participating in the STOP Regain trial.
Research Methods And Procedures:
Participants (N = 314, 81% women, mean age, 51.3 +/- 10.1 years; BMI = 28.6 +/- 4.8 kg/m2) who lost >or=10% of their body weight within the past 2 years were randomly assigned to a maintenance program delivered either face-to-face or via the Internet or to a control group and assessed at 0, 6, 12, and 18 months.
Results:
At study entry, participants had lost 19% of their body weight, yet 86% of participants were currently trying to lose more weight. Further losses of 13% of body weight were needed to reach self-selected ideal weights, with heavier participants wanting to lose more (p < 0.001). The weight loss-related benefits participants achieved did not live up to their expectations (p
Discussion:
Even among very successful weight losers, expectations were not met and substantial further weight losses were desired; however, these factors were not related to subsequent weight maintenance outcomes.
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