The Role of Physical Activity in Long-term Weight Loss: 36-month Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) may promote long-term weight loss, but facilitating high levels of PA in behavioral weight loss programs is challenging.

Purpose

This study reports the 36-month follow-up of a behavioral weight loss trial that tested the efficacy of increasing the emphasis on PA during treatment and using traditional or acceptance-based therapy (ABT) for this purpose. We also examined the extent to which long-term weight loss differed by PA pattern and tested if individual differences in eating behavior moderated this relationship.

Methods

Participants (N = 320) were randomized to (1) standard behavioral weight loss treatment (BT), (2) BT with a focus on PA, or (3) ABT with a focus on PA. Weight loss and PA were measured at 24- and 36-month follow-up.

SUBMITTER: Butryn ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899066 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature