Is long-term weight loss possible?

Is long-term weight loss possible?

Any intervention which causes negative energy balance is guaranteed to be efficacious in producing weight loss, which will continue while there is negative energy balance or be maintained as long as the new energy balance is maintained. In clinical practice compliance is rarely 100% so the efficiency of even the most efficacious treatment is usually low. However, recent evidence-based guideline...

Long-term weight loss maintenance.

There is a general perception that almost no one succeeds in long-term maintenance of weight loss. However, research has shown that approximately 20% of overweight individuals are successful at long-term weight loss when defined as losing at least 10% of initial body weight and maintaining the loss for at least 1 y. The National Weight Control Registry provides information about the strategies ...

Maintenance of long-term weight loss.

J. Graham Thomas, MS, and Rena R. Wing, PhD A key problem in the area of weight control is the maintenance of weight loss. Behavioral treatment programs are able to consistently produce weight losses of 7 – 10% of initial body weight at the end of 6 – 12 months of treatment. However, even with ongoing contact, clients often regain the weight, a finding documented by the Diabetes Prevention Pro...

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Successful long-term weight loss maintenance in a rural population

BACKGROUND Few investigations of successful long-term weight loss beyond two years have been conducted, and none has examined weight changes in medically underserved rural populations of older adults. The purpose of this study was to assess long-term weight loss maintenance 3.5 years after the completion of an initial six-month lifestyle intervention for obesity among women aged 50-75 years res...