Early weight gain after stopping smoking: a predictor of overall large weight gain? A single-site retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Most people gain weight on stopping smoking but the extent of weight gain varies greatly. Interventions aimed at all quitters to prevent weight gain on cessation have proven unpopular but targeting people who have gained excess weight immediately after quitting may improve uptake and cost-effectiveness. We examined whether early large postcessation weight gain predicts overall large weight gain.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Primary care setting-smoking cessation centre in Prague, Czech Republic.

Participants

Out of 3537 patients treated between 2005 and 2013, 1050 were continuous abstainers (verified by carbon monoxide measurement) at 1-year follow-up and formed the cohort of the current report. 48.7% were women (n=511) with the mean ag

SUBMITTER: Pankova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303564 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature