Maintenance-tailored therapy vs. standard behavior therapy for 30-month maintenance of weight loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess differences in weight regain one year after an 18-month obesity treatment with standard behavior therapy (SBT) or maintenance-tailored therapy for obesity (MTT).

Method

213 obese adult volunteers were treated for 18 months using SBT with fixed behavioral prescriptions or MTT that employed varied behavioral prescriptions with treatment breaks. Follow-up analysis focused on weight maintenance after a year of no contact. The trial was conducted at the University of Minnesota between 2005 and 2009.

Results

Mean (SD) weight change between 18 and 30 months for participants in the SBT group was +4.1 kg (4.4) compared to +2.8 kg (4.5) in the MTT group. This is a 31% reduction in weight regain in MTT relative to SBT (p=0.078). This trend toward better maint

SUBMITTER: Levy RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2997186 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature