Predictors of weight loss after an intensive lifestyle intervention program in obese patients: a 1-year prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of lifestyle intervention programs in morbid obesity report large variations in weight loss outcomes. This is reported not only between but also within standardized programs. Such reports point to participants' characteristics as possible predictors of this outcome. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to identify predictors of weight loss after a 1-year partly residential intensive lifestyle intervention program (ILI).

Methods

Morbidly obese patients (n=199), all Caucasian, 71% women, mean (SD) age 45.2 (11.1) years, body mass index (BMI) 42.0 (6.2) kg/m(2), and excess body weight (>BMI=25 kg/m(2)) 49.4 (19.6) kg, were referred from public hospitals to a rehabilitation center and enrolled consecutively. The 1-year ILI comprised of four (n=104) or

SUBMITTER: Karlsen TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3851047 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature