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Changes in the Perceptions of Self-Weighing Across Time in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention

OBJECTIVE. Changes in beliefs about self-weighing were examined across time in a behavioral weight loss intervention. METHODS. Active duty military personnel (n=248) enrolled in a 12-month counselor-initiated or self-paced intervention based on the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention. Using...

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Autores principales: Fahey, Margaret C., Klesges, Robert C., Kocak, Mehmet, Talcot, G. Wayne, Krukowski, Rebecca A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30277031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.22275
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author Fahey, Margaret C.
Klesges, Robert C.
Kocak, Mehmet
Talcot, G. Wayne
Krukowski, Rebecca A.
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description OBJECTIVE. Changes in beliefs about self-weighing were examined across time in a behavioral weight loss intervention. METHODS. Active duty military personnel (n=248) enrolled in a 12-month counselor-initiated or self-paced intervention based on the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention. Using an e-scale, participants were asked to self-weigh daily. Self-weighing perceptions were compared from baseline to four-months (weight loss phase), four-months to 12-months (weight maintenance phase), and from baseline to 12-months (full intervention), and compared across time by behavioral and demographic characteristics. RESULTS. Overall, participants perceived self-weighing as more helpful and positive, less frustrating and making them less self-conscious after the weight loss phase. After weight maintenance, individuals believed self-weighing was less helpful and positive, more frustrating and anxiety provoking, and making them more self-conscious. Yet after the intervention, participants still viewed self-weighing as more helpful and positive and less frustrating than at baseline. Weight change, self-weighing behavior prior to the intervention, and intervention condition were associated with perception change. Controlling for these influencing factors, differences in gender, BMI, age, ethnicity and race were observed in how beliefs changed across time. CONCLUSION. Results suggest engaging in a weight loss intervention promoting daily self-weighing increases positive and decreases negative beliefs about self-weighing.
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spelling pubmed-61731932019-04-01 Changes in the Perceptions of Self-Weighing Across Time in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Fahey, Margaret C. Klesges, Robert C. Kocak, Mehmet Talcot, G. Wayne Krukowski, Rebecca A. Obesity (Silver Spring) Article OBJECTIVE. Changes in beliefs about self-weighing were examined across time in a behavioral weight loss intervention. METHODS. Active duty military personnel (n=248) enrolled in a 12-month counselor-initiated or self-paced intervention based on the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention. Using an e-scale, participants were asked to self-weigh daily. Self-weighing perceptions were compared from baseline to four-months (weight loss phase), four-months to 12-months (weight maintenance phase), and from baseline to 12-months (full intervention), and compared across time by behavioral and demographic characteristics. RESULTS. Overall, participants perceived self-weighing as more helpful and positive, less frustrating and making them less self-conscious after the weight loss phase. After weight maintenance, individuals believed self-weighing was less helpful and positive, more frustrating and anxiety provoking, and making them more self-conscious. Yet after the intervention, participants still viewed self-weighing as more helpful and positive and less frustrating than at baseline. Weight change, self-weighing behavior prior to the intervention, and intervention condition were associated with perception change. Controlling for these influencing factors, differences in gender, BMI, age, ethnicity and race were observed in how beliefs changed across time. CONCLUSION. Results suggest engaging in a weight loss intervention promoting daily self-weighing increases positive and decreases negative beliefs about self-weighing. 2018-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6173193/ /pubmed/30277031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.22275 Text en http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use:http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms
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