Primary care-led weight-management intervention: qualitative insights into patient experiences at two-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is continuously increasing globally and long-term weight loss intervention outcomes remain disappointing. To determine which behavioural intervention approaches improve the probability of achieving long-term weight loss, this two-year follow-up study aimed to identify distinct factors and strategies for successful long-term weight loss maintenance.

Methods

A cohort of 20 participants with overweight and obesity from a primary-care led weight management programme with diverse backgrounds was interviewed at baseline, after 1 and 2 years, and asked to do quantitative self-description. This study focused on the 2-year follow-up interviews from this study series.

Results

We found that agile, continuous self-monitoring with p

SUBMITTER: Spreckley M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007633 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature