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  1. Although obesity causes many adverse health consequences, modest weight loss reduces the incidence. There are effective interventions that help people to lose weight but weight regain is common and long term main...

    Authors: Claire D Madigan, Kate Jolly, Andrea Roalfe, Amanda L Lewis, Laura Webber, Paul Aveyard and Amanda J Daley
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:530
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Evidence-based behavioral weight loss interventions are under-utilized. To inform efforts ... adults with obesity regarding barriers and facilitators of weight loss intervention initiation.

    Authors: Megan A. McVay, William S. Yancy Jr, Gary G. Bennett, Seung-Hye Jung and Corrine I. Voils
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:854
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. The primary objective was to develop and evaluate a dietary, physical activity (PA) and weight loss intervention for residents of the southeastern US. ... embedded randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a weight loss

    Authors: Thomas C. Keyserling, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Beverly A. Garcia, Larry F. Johnston, Ziya Gizlice, Cassandra L. Miller, Danielle F. Braxton, Kelly R. Evenson, Janice C. Smith, Gwen B. Davis, Emmanuelle L. Quenum, Nadya T. Majette Elliott, Myron D. Gross, Katrina E. Donahue, Jacqueline R. Halladay…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:732
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. There is a need for theory-driven studies that explore the underlying mechanisms of change of complex weight loss programmes. Such studies will contribute to the ... study explored the mechanisms by which a novel...

    Authors: Naoimh E. McMahon, Shelina Visram and Louise A. Connell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:378
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Weight loss in individuals at high risk of diabetes ... the public health potential for diabetes prevention of weight maintenance or moderate weight loss on a population level in an observational cohort with repe...

    Authors: Adina L. Feldman, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern, Grainne H. Long, Lars Weinehall, Eva Fhärm, Margareta Norberg and Patrik Wennberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:170
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Adherence to weight loss interventions is crucial to successful outcomes, yet ... including a commitment device alongside lifestyle interventions on weight loss, and identify the most appropriate delivery mechani...

    Authors: Nia Coupe, Sarah Peters, Sarah Rhodes and Sarah Cotterill
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:816
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Laboratory studies suggest that eating more ‘attentively’ (e.g. attending to food being eaten and recalling eating episodes) can reduce food intake among participants with both healthy weight and overweight. The ...

    Authors: Victoria Whitelock, Inge Kersbergen, Suzanne Higgs, Paul Aveyard, Jason C. G. Halford and Eric Robinson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:611
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Health insurers worldwide implement financial incentive schemes to encourage health-related behaviours, including to facilitate weight loss. The maintenance of weight loss is a public health challenge, and as ......

    Authors: Bronwyn McGill, Blythe J. O’Hara, Anne C. Grunseit, Adrian Bauman, Dale Osborne, Luke Lawler and Philayrath Phongsavan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:244
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Overweight and obesity are prevalent among young women and are greater among minority and low-income women. The postpartum period is critical in women’s weight trajectories as many women do not lose their pregnan...

    Authors: Milagros C. Rosal, Christina F. Haughton, Barbara B. Estabrook, Monica L. Wang, Germán Chiriboga, Oahn H. T. Nguyen, Sharina D. Person and Stephenie C. Lemon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:953
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Obesity risk is shared between spouses, yet existing weight loss programs focus on individuals and not the marital dyad. Given the interdependence of weight in couples, weight management outcomes might be improve...

    Authors: Amy A. Gorin, Theodore A. Powers, Katelyn Gettens, Talea Cornelius, Richard Koestner, Amy R. Mobley, Linda Pescatello and Tania Huedo Medina
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:749
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  12. The prevalence of obesity has increased significantly worldwide within the last decade. As obesity is recognised as a contributing factor when developing various health threatening chronic diseases, prevention in...

    Authors: Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen, Majda Pajevic, Pia Maria Ilvig, Karen Søgaard and Christina Jessen-Winge
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:20
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Community pharmacies may offer an accessible way of delivering weight-management programmes but there have been few trials that use clinically significant weight loss outcomes, objective measures of weight and fo...

    Authors: David Morrison, Philip McLoone, Naomi Brosnahan, Louise McCombie, Andrea Smith and Janie Gordon
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:282
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Median weight change for all referrals was -2.8 ... .7 kg] representing -3.1% initial weight. 33% of all courses resulted in loss of ≥5% initial weight. 54% of courses were completed. Median weight change for tho...

    Authors: Amy L Ahern, Ashley D Olson, Louise M Aston and Susan A Jebb
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:434
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. A total of 586 people registered in 22 teams to participate in the Challenge. The mean weight at the start was 98.54kg (SD...n=122), the mean weight loss from the start to the end of...p<0.001), and from the star...

    Authors: Erin Passmore, Brooke Shepherd, Andrew Milat, Louise Maher, Kiel Hennessey, Rachael Havrlant, Michelle Maxwell, Wendy Hodge, Fiona Christian, Justin Richards and Jo Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:951
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis is increasing worldwide. Obesity is an important modifiable risk factor for both the incidence and progression of knee osteoarthritis. Consequently, international guidelines ...

    Authors: Kate M. O’Brien, Johanna M. van Dongen, Amanda Williams, Steven J. Kamper, John Wiggers, Rebecca K. Hodder, Elizabeth Campbell, Emma K. Robson, Robin Haskins, Chris Rissel and Christopher M. Williams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1408
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. The health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in addressing this problem include difficulties engaging men in weight loss programs as they tend to view these...

    Authors: Wendy Blunt, Dawn P. Gill, Shannon L. Sibbald, Brendan Riggin, Roseanne W. Pulford, Ryan Scott, Karen Danylchuk, Cindy M. Gray, Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn and Robert J. Petrella
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:916
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. This is an 18-month closed, cohort research design examining social rhythms, sleep, dietary intake, energy expenditure, waist circumference, and weight gain over 18 months in individuals who have sustained involu...

    Authors: Patricia L. Haynes, Graciela E. Silva, George W. Howe, Cynthia A. Thomson, Emily A. Butler, Stuart F. Quan, Duane Sherrill, Molly Scanlon, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Devan N. Gengler and David A. Glickenstein
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:793
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  19. Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are important because of ... engaging overweight/obese male football fans in sustained weight loss and positive health behaviours, through ...

    Authors: Dawn P. Gill, Wendy Blunt, Ashleigh De Cruz, Brendan Riggin, Kate Hunt, Guangyong Zou, Shannon Sibbald, Karen Danylchuk, Merrick Zwarenstein, Cindy M. Gray, Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn and Robert J. Petrella
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1096
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. The adapted intervention, Working for You, maintains the theoretical premise and evidence-base underpinning Be Fit Be Well. However, it was modified in terms of the means of delivery (i.e., rather than using inte...

    Authors: Rachel G. Tabak, Jaime R. Strickland, Richard I. Stein, Hank Dart, Graham A. Colditz, Bridget Kirk, Ann Marie Dale and Bradley A. Evanoff
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1265
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  21. Overweight and obesity are major health problems worldwide. This protocol describes the HEALTHI (Healthy Eating and Active LifesTyle Health Intervention) Program, a 12-week randomised-controlled weight-loss inter...

    Authors: Anne Hattar, Martin S Hagger and Sebely Pal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:196
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  23. After the structural equation model was developed, it was discovered that the psychological status of people with obesity and weight cycling histories correlated with the weight loss outcome effect (three and six...

    Authors: Wanyang Li, Dan Wang, Hongyu Chen, Yan Liu, Shuyao Dong, Mingyao Sun and Wei Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:894
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Despite rising levels of obesity in England, little is known about slimming club and weight loss drug (medication) use or users. In ... commissioning, we report the prevalence of various weight management strateg...

    Authors: Clare Relton, Jessica Li, Mark Strong, Michelle Holdsworth, Richard Cooper, Mark Green and Paul Bissell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:444
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. We conducted two weight measurements for 5436 participants aged ≥ 30 ... approximate 3-year interval. Based on their weight change, we categorized participants to: > 5% weight loss, 3–5% weight loss, stable weight

    Authors: Niloofar Deravi, Seyyed Saeed Moazzeni, Mitra Hasheminia, Reyhane Hizomi Arani, Fereidoun Azizi and Farzad Hadaegh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1762
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Weight gain rather than weight loss often occurs after breast cancer diagnosis despite ... describes the prevalence and magnitude of changes in weight before and after breast cancer diagnosis and ... lifestyle be...

    Authors: Yong Heng Yaw, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Mirnalini Kandiah, Chan Yoke Mun, Rokiah Mohd Yusof, Zabedah Othman, Nurfaizah Saibul, Yong Heng Weay and Zailina Hashim
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:309
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. SNAP targets recruitment of six hundred young adults (18–35 years) with a body mass index between 21.0-30.0 kg/m2..., who will be randomly assigned with equal probability to: (1) minimal intervention control; (2)...

    Authors: Rena R Wing, Deborah Tate, Mark Espeland, Amy Gorin, Jessica Gokee LaRose, Erica Ferguson Robichaud, Karen Erickson, Letitia Perdue, Judy Bahnson and Cora E Lewis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:300
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  28. Among women, high role conflicts predicted weight gain, while high role clarity predicted both weight gain and weight loss. Living alone also predicted weight gain among women, while older age decreased the odds ...

    Authors: Helle Gram Quist, Ulla Christensen, Karl Bang Christensen, Birgit Aust, Vilhelm Borg and Jakob B Bjorner
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:43
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. In this ancillary study to Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) a trial of long-term weight loss among individuals with type 2 diabetes, individual ... . Dependent variables included BMI, eating patterns, weight

    Authors: Tiffany L Gary-Webb, Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Luu Pham, Jacqueline Wesche-Thobaben, Jennifer Patricio, F Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Arleen F Brown, LaShanda Jones and Frederick L Brancati
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:312
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Health care workers comprise a high-risk workgroup with respect to deterioration and early retirement. There is high prevalence of obesity and many of the workers are overweight. Together, these factors play a...

    Authors: Jeanette R Christensen, Anne Faber, Dorte Ekner, Kristian Overgaard, Andreas Holtermann and Karen Søgaard
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:671
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Weight loss was greater in men than women absolutely...p <...0.001). Level of attendance and percent weight loss in the first week of attendance together ... accounted for 55 % of the variability in weight lost d...

    Authors: R. James Stubbs, Liam Morris, Carolyn Pallister, Graham Horgan and Jacquie H. Lavin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:882
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Weight gain is common after breast cancer. The aim of this study was to identify and describe the barriers to and enablers of successful weight management for women with breast cancer.

    Authors: Carolyn Ee, Freya MacMillan, John Boyages and Kate McBride
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1587
    Content type: Research Published on:

  33. Primary care is the first port of call for advice about weight control. There is hence a need for ... . This intervention was effective with respect to weight loss in a volunteer population, but has yet...

    Authors: Rebecca J Beeken, Helen Croker, Stephen Morris, Baptiste Leurent, Rumana Omar, Irwin Nazareth and Jane Wardle
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:667
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  34. Body weight reduced 1.5 kg (95% CI ... , compared with controls. In completers analyses, weight and waist circumference in the phone group ... controls. The internet intervention resulted in a weight loss of 1.1 ...

    Authors: Marieke F van Wier, Geertje AM Ariëns, J Caroline Dekkers, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Tjabe Smid and Willem van Mechelen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. The prevalence of obesity in men is rising, but they are less likely than women to engage in existing weight management programmes. The potential of professional sports club settings to engage men in health pr...

    Authors: Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Nanette Mutrie, Annie S Anderson, Jim Leishman, Lindsay Dalgarno and Sally Wyke
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:232
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Severe procedures were undertaken globally because of the COVID-19 pandemic to overcome the spread of the disease and to prevent catastrophic results affecting the health care system including social distancin...

    Authors: Mai A. Khatib
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1649
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Weight loss is known to decrease the health risks ... of overweight status is an important determinant of weight loss attempts and may have more of an impact on one's decision to lose weight than objective weight

    Authors: Seema Bhanji, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Fawad Siddiqui, Iqbal Azam and Khawar Kazmi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:363
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Previous studies, predominantly in Western individuals, have reported weight gain or weight loss are related to the increased depressive symptoms ... relation to actual (not just self-reported) weight changes in ...

    Authors: Lin Zhang, Jin-long Li, Lei-lei Guo, Guang Xu, Liu Yang, Congzhi Wang, Ting Yuan, Dongmei Zhang, Jing Li, Yunxiao Lei, Lu Sun, Xiaoping Li, Ying Hua, Hengying Che and Haiyang Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2282
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. High attrition is a common problem for weight loss programs and directly affects program effectiveness. Since ... treatment to its beneficiaries through the MOVE! Weight Management Program for Veterans (MOVE!)......

    Authors: Bonnie Spring, Min-Woong Sohn, Sara M Locatelli, Sattar Hadi, Leila Kahwati and Frances M Weaver
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:363
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. This cohort study extracted the data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, a national survey of adults aged 45 years or over. Waist circumference was categorized into three groups: normal, pre-...

    Authors: Chen Zhang, Weiwei Wang, Xiaotian Chang, Siyan Zhan, Shengfeng Wang, Lei Feng and Yongfeng Song
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1048
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted healthcare services worldwide, including bariatric surgery. There is a concern that the pandemic-induced stay-at-home orders and social restrictions may negatively...

    Authors: Somayeh Mokhber, Ali Sheidaei, Shahrzad Ahmadkaraji, Seyed Amin Setarehdan, Seyed Mohsen Rahimi, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-Baharanchi, Ali Mazaherinezhad and Abdolreza Pazouki
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1975
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Although the association of weight gain and developing metabolic syndrome (MetS) ... , data on the gender-stratified effects of weight change (including weight loss) on incident MetS and its components in...

    Authors: Azadeh Zabetian, Farzad Hadaegh, Parvin Sarbakhsh and Fereidoun Azizi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:138
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. This randomized controlled trial in Brazilian PHC offered free physical exercise and nutrition education. The participants were women, aged 20 years or older who were obese or overweight, users in PHC service....

    Authors: Patrícia Pinheiro de Freitas, Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, Luana Caroline dos Santos, Adriano Marçal Pimenta, Adaliene Versiani Matos Ferreira and Aline Cristine Souza Lopes
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:652
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Noticing the perpetual lack of larger women’s bodies in fashion and media, informants learned from an early age that thinness was required for being seen and heard. Informants responded by performing three types ...

    Authors: Alexa R. Ferdinands, Tara-Leigh F. McHugh, Kate Storey and Kim D. Raine
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1193
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. Promoting increased fruit and vegetable consumption, in the absence of specific advice to decrease consumption of other foods, appears unlikely to lead to weight gain in the short-term and may have a role in weight

    Authors: Oliver T Mytton, Kelechi Nnoaham, Helen Eyles, Peter Scarborough and Cliona Ni Mhurchu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:886
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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  47. The use of weight management strategies appears to be common. Being physically active was associated with greater weight loss. Individuals who accepted their current body weight were less likely to use weight man...

    Authors: Ben Singh, Timothy Olds, Rachel Curtis, Ty Ferguson, Lisa Matricciani, Wendy J Brown, Dorothea Dumuid, Adrian Esterman and Carol Maher
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1461
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. After obtaining ≥5% of weight loss with a VLCD, participants will be randomly...

    Authors: Kirsten AC Berk, Hanneke Buijks, Behiye Ozcan, Adriaan van’t Spijker, Jan JV Busschbach and Eric JG Sijbrands
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:1026
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. ...55.1% of persons with increased WRHR were ready to lose weight (n = 245). Depending on level ... , individuals with an accurate perception of their weight and better perceptions and expectations of dietitians ...

    Authors: Jacqueline Tol, Ilse C Swinkels, Dinny H De Bakker, Cindy Veenhof and Jaap C Seidell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:582
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Repetitions of pre-competition weight-loss diets done by athletes participating in weight class sports can be regarded as periods of weight cycling. The aim of the present study ... evolutionary profile of athlet...

    Authors: Laurie-anne Marquet, Morgan Brown, Muriel Tafflet, Hala Nassif, Rémy Mouraby, Samir Bourhaleb, Jean-François Toussaint and François-Denis Desgorces
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:510
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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