Early improvement in food cravings are associated with long-term weight loss success in a large clinical sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food cravings are associated with dysregulated eating behaviour and obesity, and may impede successful weight loss attempts. Gaining control over food craving is therefore a component in the management of obesity. The current paper examined whether early changes in control over food craving (assessed using the Craving Control subscale on the Control of Eating Questionnaire (CoEQ)) was predictive of weight loss in four phase 3 clinical trials investigating a sustained-release combination of naltrexone/bupropion (NB) in obese adults. The underlying component structure of the CoEQ was also examined.

Method

In an integrated analysis of four 56-week phase 3 clinical trials, subjects completed the CoEQ and had their body weight measured at baseline and at weeks 8, 16, 2

SUBMITTER: Dalton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797930 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature