Eating behavior dimensions and 9-year weight loss maintenance: a sub-study of the Finnish Diabetes prevention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behavioral processes through which lifestyle interventions influence risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), e.g., body weight, are not well-understood. We examined whether changes in psychological dimensions of eating behavior during the first year of lifestyle intervention would mediate the effects of intervention on body weight during a 9-year period.

Methods

Middle-aged participants (38 men, 60 women) with overweight and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) were randomized to an intensive, individualized lifestyle intervention group (n = 51) or a control group (n = 47). At baseline and annually thereafter until nine years body weight was measured and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire assessing cognitive restraint of eating with flexible and rigid components,

SUBMITTER: Salmela J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10299913 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature