Weight Loss with Physiologic Impairment

Rapid Weight Loss in Sports with Weight Classes.

Weight-sensitive sports are popular among elite and nonelite athletes. Rapid weight loss (RWL) practice has been an essential part of many of these sports for many decades. Due to the limited epidemiological studies on the prevalence of RWL, its true prevalence is unknown. It is estimated that more than half of athletes in weight-class sports have practiced RWL during the competitive periods. A...

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 ...

Greater Weight Loss with Increasing Age in the Weight Loss Maintenance Trial

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of age on weight loss and weight loss maintenance in participants in the Weight Loss Maintenance trial (WLM). DESIGN AND METHODS Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of overweight/obese adults with CVD risk factors was conducted. Participants were 1685 adults with baseline BMI 25-45 kg m(2) with hypertension and/or dyslipidemia. Those who lost ...

Practices associated with weight loss versus weight-loss maintenance results of a national survey.

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the weight-control practices that promote weight loss and weight-loss maintenance in the same sample. PURPOSE To examine whether the weight control practices associated with weight loss differ from those associated with weight-loss maintenance. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of a random sample of 1165 U.S. adults. The adjusted associations of the use of ...

Polyuria and weight-loss associated with cimetidine.