A healthier retail food environment around the home is associated with longer duration of weight-loss maintenance among successful weight-loss maintainers

Few studies have examined associations between the retail food environment and weight maintenance. This study examined the residential Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI) of weight loss maintainers and associations with weight maintenance duration, perceived effort and difficulty managing weight, a...

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Published in:Preventive medicine 2023-07, Vol.172, p.107536-107536, Article 107536
Main Authors: Clynes, Sasha, Moran, Alyssa, Wolfson, Julia, Gudzune, Kimberly, Shields, Timothy, Cardel, Michelle, Foster, Gary, Phelan, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Commerce
Commercial weight loss program
Convenience stores
Environment
Fast-food
Food Supply
Fruit
Humans
Marketing
Residence Characteristics
Retail food environment
Supermarkets
United States
Weight intervention
Weight Loss
Weight maintenance
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Summary:Few studies have examined associations between the retail food environment and weight maintenance. This study examined the residential Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI) of weight loss maintainers and associations with weight maintenance duration, perceived effort and difficulty managing weight, and coping and monitoring strategies. Participants were 6947 members of the WW Success Registry (enrolled January 2018–February 2020), a nationwide (United States) convenience sample of individuals who lost weight using Weight Watchers (WW) and maintained a ≥ 9.1 kg weight loss for ≥1 year (Mean 24.7 kg loss for 3.4 years). Home addresses were geo-coded and the RFEI (ratio of unhealthy [fast-food and convenience stores] to healthy [supermarkets, grocery stores, and fruit/vegetable vendors] outlets) was used to classify the healthfulness of the food environments. Validated questionnaires measured psychological coping and self-monitoring. Compared to individuals living in the healthiest food environments (RFEI
ISSN:0091-7435
1096-0260
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107536