Consistent Self-monitoring of Weight: A Key Component of Successful Weight Loss Maintenance

• Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 3091 - 3096
• Main Authors: Butryn, Meghan L., Phelan, Suzanne, Hill, James O., Wing, Rena R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior; behavioral strategies; Body Weight - physiology; Energy Intake; Exercise; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Behavior; Health Surveys; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity - physiopathology; Obesity - psychology; Obesity - therapy; Questionnaires; Registries; Research methodology; Self Care - methods; Self report; Weight control; Weight Gain - physiology; Weight Loss - physiology; weight regain

Objective: The objectives were to investigate the characteristics associated with frequent self‐weighing and the relationship between self‐weighing and weight loss maintenance. Research Methods and Procedures: Participants (n = 3003) were members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) who ha...