Weight Loss-Based Nutraceuticals

Teammates and social influence affect weight loss outcomes in a team-based weight loss competition.

Team-based internet interventions are increasing in popularity as a way of promoting weight loss in large numbers of individuals. Given that social networks influence health behavior change, this study investigated the effects of teammates and social influence on individual weight loss during a team-based weight loss competition. Shape Up Rhode Island (SURI) 2009 was a 12-week online program op...

Running head: MINDFULNESS BASED WEIGHT LOSS Exploratory randomised controlled trial of a mindfulness based weight loss intervention for women

Objective: To explore the efficacy of a mindfulness based weight loss intervention for women. Design: Sixty-two women (ages 19-64; BMI 22.5-52.1) who were attempting to lose weight were randomised to an intervention or control condition. The former were invited to attend four 2-hour workshops, the latter were asked to continue with their normal diets. Data were collected at baseline, 4 and 6 mo...

Motivational predictors of weight loss and weight-loss maintenance.

Self-determination theory proposes that behavior change will occur and persist if it is autonomously motivated. Autonomous motivation for a behavior is theorized to be a function both of individual differences in the autonomy orientation from the General Causality Orientations Scale and of the degree of autonomy supportiveness of relevant social contexts. We tested the theory with 128 patients ...

Weight loss, weight maintenance, and adaptive thermogenesis.

BACKGROUND Diet-induced weight loss is accompanied by adaptive thermogenesis, ie, a disproportional or greater than expected reduction of resting metabolic rate (RMR). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether adaptive thermogenesis is sustained during weight maintenance after weight loss. DESIGN Subjects were 22 men and 69 women [mean ± SD age: 40 ± 9 y; body mass index (B...

Does weight gain lead to weight loss?