A small change approach to prevent long-term weight gain in adults with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts to manage obesity through weight loss are often unsuccessful as most adults are not able to sustain the major changes in behaviour that are required to maintain weight loss long term. We sought to determine whether small changes in physical activity and diet prevent weight gain in adults with overweight and obesity.

Methods

We randomized 320 sedentary adults with overweight or obesity to monitoring alone (MA, n = 160) or a small change approach (SCA, n = 160). In Phase I (2 yr), MA participants were asked to maintain their normal lifestyle and SCA participants were counselled to make small changes in diet and physical activity, namely a suggested increase in daily step count of 2000 steps with a decrease in energy intake of 100 kcal per day,

SUBMITTER: Ross R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053990 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature