Initial weight loss and early intervention adherence predict long-term weight loss during the Promoting Successful Weight Loss in Primary Care in Louisiana lifestyle intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study tested whether initial weight change (WC), self-weighing, and adherence to the expected WC trajectory predict longer-term WC in an underserved primary-care population with obesity.

Methods

Data from the intervention group (n = 452; 88% women; 74% Black; BMI 37.3 kg/m² [SD: 4.6]) of the Promoting Successful Weight Loss in Primary Care in Louisiana trial were analyzed. Initial (2-, 4-, and 8-week) percentage WC was calculated from baseline clinic weights and daily at-home weights. Weights were considered adherent if they were on the expected WC trajectory (10% at 6 months with lower [7.5%] and upper [12.5%] bounds). Linear mixed-effects models tested whether initial WC and the number of daily and adherent weights predicted WC at 6, 12, and 24 mo

SUBMITTER: Hochsmann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10597572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature