Can anyone successfully control their weight? Findings of a three year community-based study of men and women

This study examined the prevalence, distribution and correlates of successful weight loss and successful weight maintenance over three years in a community-based sample of 854 subjects aged 20-45 at baseline. More than half (53.7%) of the participants in the study gained weight within the first twel...

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Published in:International Journal of Obesity 2000-09, Vol.24 (9), p.1107-1110
Main Authors: Crawford, D, Jeffery, R.W, French, S.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Body mass index
Education
Exercise
Fast food
Health sciences
Low income groups
Medical sciences
men
metabolic diseases
Obesity
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Success
Weight control
weight gain
weight loss
Women
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Summary:This study examined the prevalence, distribution and correlates of successful weight loss and successful weight maintenance over three years in a community-based sample of 854 subjects aged 20-45 at baseline. More than half (53.7%) of the participants in the study gained weight within the first twelve months, only one in four (24.5%) successfully avoided weight gain over three years, and less than one in twenty (4.6%) lost and maintained weight successfully. The findings underscore the importance of current public health efforts to prevent weight gain, and suggest that without much greater efforts to promote and support weight control the prevalence of obesity will continue to rise.
ISSN:0307-0565
1476-5497
DOI:10.1038/sj.ijo.0801374