Long-term weight maintenance after a 17-week weight loss intervention with or without a one-year maintenance program: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight lost by obese patients is almost always regained over time. Extended treatment may improve maintenance, but solid evidence is lacking.

Purpose

We determined effectiveness of maintenance therapy after a weight loss program.

Methods

Together 201 patients (mean age 47 years and BMI 42 kg/m(2), 71% women) were randomly assigned to either a 17-week weight loss program followed by a one-year maintenance program or to a weight loss program without subsequent maintenance intervention. The weight loss program included behavior modification and a very-low-calorie diet, and maintenance program behavior modification. The primary outcome measure was percentage of patients with 5% or more weight loss at the end of maintenance (week 69) and one year later (week 121

SUBMITTER: Pekkarinen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4396554 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature