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What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?
Joint Authors
Morita, Akemi
Sasaki, Satoshi
Watanabe, Shaw
Miyachi, Motohiko
Aiba, Naomi
Nakade, Makiko
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To examine behavioral factors related to successful weight maintenance.
Methods.
Subjects were 90 middle-aged participants who attended a weight loss program and were followed for one year.
The subjects were classified into either successful weight maintainers (maintained a weight loss of 5% or more from their initial weight for one year) (SWM) or unsuccessful weight maintainers (USWM), and weight control practice, stress, obstacles, support, and self-efficacy during the program and follow-up period were compared.
Results.
SWM had mean loss of 12% from their initial weight during the program.
They showed a greater improvement in their regularity of eating, walked more, and felt less stress regarding their increased physical activity than the USWM.
During the follow-up period, significantly more SWM participants had self-efficacy (for measuring weight, practicing dietary objective, and assessing the practice and keeping records), actually kept records and measured weight more than the USWM participants.
In contrast, more USWM participants felt stress about measuring weight.
Conclusion.
In addition to a substantial initial weight loss due to an increased amount of physical activity, having a higher self-efficacy and consistently keeping records of one's activities, as well as regularly weighing themselves, may be important for successful weight maintenance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nakade, Makiko& Aiba, Naomi& Morita, Akemi& Miyachi, Motohiko& Sasaki, Satoshi& Watanabe, Shaw. 2012. What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nakade, Makiko…[et al.]. What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?. Journal of Obesity No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nakade, Makiko& Aiba, Naomi& Morita, Akemi& Miyachi, Motohiko& Sasaki, Satoshi& Watanabe, Shaw. What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?. Journal of Obesity. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454056