Smoking and weight loss among smokers with overweight and obesity in Look AHEAD.

ABSTRACT: Smoking cessation is associated with increases in body weight, but little is known about the relationship between participation in a weight loss intervention and smoking.

Objective

To determine whether (a) weight losses at 1 year differ as a function of baseline smoking status (never smoker, current smoker, ex-smoker) and (b) participation in a weight loss intervention affects smoking behavior.

Method

This analysis addressed these questions using the publicly available database from Look AHEAD, a randomized trial comparing intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) and diabetes support and education (DSE; control condition) among individuals with overweight/obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and included 4,387 participants who had self-reported smoking and objective weight measures ava

SUBMITTER: Murphy CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5943711 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature