TY - JOUR
AU1 - West, Delia Smith
AU2 - Gorin, Amy A.
AU3 - Subak, Leslee L.
AU4 - Foster, Gary
AU5 - Bragg, Charlotte
AU6 - Hecht, Jacki
AU7 - Schembri, Michael
AU8 - Wing, Rena R.
AB - 
        
          Objective
          Maintaining weight loss is a major challenge in obesity treatment. Individuals often indicate that waning motivation prompts cessation of effective weight management behaviors. Therefore, a novel weight loss maintenance program that specifically targets motivational factors was evaluated.
        
        
          Design
          Overweight women (N=338; 19% African American) with urinary incontinence were randomized to lifestyle obesity treatment or control and followed for 18 months. All participants in lifestyle (N=226) received the same initial six-month group behavioral obesity treatment and were then randomized to 1) a novel motivation-focused maintenance program (N=113) or 2) a standard skill-based maintenance approach (N=113).
        
        
          Main Outcome Measure
          Weight assessed at baseline, 6, and 18 months.
        
        
          Results
          Both treatment groups (motivation-focused and skill-based) achieved comparable 18-month weight losses (−5.48% for motivation-focused vs −5.55% in skill-based, p=0.98), and both groups lost significantly more than controls (−1.51%; p=.0012 in motivation-focused and .0021 in skill-based).
        
        
          Conclusions
          A motivation-focused maintenance program offers an alternative, effective approach to weight maintenance expanding available evidence-based interventions beyond traditional skill-based programs.
        
      
TI - A Motivation-Focused Weight Loss Maintenance Program is an Effective Alternative to a Skill-Based Approach
JF - International journal of obesity (2005)
DO - 10.1038/ijo.2010.138
DA - 2010-08-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/a-motivation-focused-weight-loss-maintenance-program-is-an-effective-QE3qKv27Ao
SP - 259
EP - 269
VL - 35
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -