Weight-loss maintenance in overweight individuals one to five years following successful completion of a commercial weight loss program.

Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Mar;25(3):325-31

Weight-loss maintenance in overweight individuals one to five years
following successful completion of a commercial weight loss program.Lowe
MR, Miller-Kovach K, Phelan S.
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, MCP Hahnemann University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA. lowe@drexel.edu

OBJECTIVE: To determine weight loss maintenance among participants in a
commercial weight loss program (Weight Watchers) who had reached their goal
weights 1-5 y previously. DESIGN: A national sample (n=1002) was surveyed
by phone to obtain demographic and weight-related information. An
oversample (n=258) was recruited and weighed in person to develop a
correction factor for self-reported weights in the national sample.
RESULTS: Based on corrected weights, weight regain from 1 to 5 y following
weight loss ranged between 31.5 and 76.5%. At 5 y, 19.4% were within 5 lb
of goal weight, 42.6% maintained a loss of 5% or more, 18.8% maintained a
loss of 10% or more, and 70.3% were below initial weight. CONCLUSIONS:
These results are not directly comparable to those obtained in clinical
settings because of differences in the populations studied. Nonetheless,
they suggest that the long-term prognosis for weight maintenance among
individuals who reach goal weight in at least one commercial program is
better than that suggested by existing research.

On Apr 22, 12:40 pm, ret...@nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam (The
Masster) wrote:
> Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Mar;25(3):325-31
[snip]

Congratulations. You have posted a pseaudo-study that says people
regain their weight gain when they stop eating 'properly'[1] and
return to being sedentary face-stuffing slobs.

Well done for enlightening us witha truism akin to 'the sky is blue'






[1] lets not argue what properly is

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:30:04 -0700 (PDT), misanthropic_curmudgeon
<misanthropiccurmudgeon@breastcancermail.com> wrote:

>On Apr 22, 12:40 pm, ret...@nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam (The
>Masster) wrote:
>> Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Mar;25(3):325-31
>[snip]
>
>Congratulations. You have posted a pseaudo-study that says people
>regain their weight gain when they stop eating 'properly'[1] and
>return to being sedentary face-stuffing slobs.
>
>Well done for enlightening us witha truism akin to 'the sky is blue'
>
>
>
>
>
>
>[1] lets not argue what properly is

Why not? The idiots in SSFA do it all the time. they cannot stand that
fat people in that group talk about other things other then diets and
weight loss.

So many dead horses have been beat in SSFA that PETA has been called
in.

LV

"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."

---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
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