Impact of weight change on quality of life in adults with overweight/obesity in the United States: a systematic review

M Kroes, G Osei-Assibey, R Baker-Searle… - … Medical Research and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To review published evidence on the impact of weight/BMI change on health-
related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults from the US with overweight/obesity. Methods: The …

Are body image issues affecting our adolescents? A cross-sectional study among college going adolescent girls

S Ganesan, SL Ravishankar… - Indian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Body image relates to how people think and feel about their own body. In
today's society, with the growing sense of ideal body image, adolescents try to lose or gain …

In their own words: Topic analysis of the motivations and strategies of over 6,000 long‐term weight‐loss maintainers

S Phelan, J Roake, N Alarcon, SM Ng, H Glanz… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed to identify major themes of a large cohort experiencing long‐term
weight‐loss maintenance who answered open‐ended questions about weight‐loss triggers …

Outcomes and mechanisms of change in cognitive-behavioral interventions for weight loss: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

L Comșa, O David, D David - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of CBT in relation to weight loss and related
psychological components and to analyze the relationship between alleged cognitive …

Instruments for evaluation of motivations for weight loss in individuals with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

DFO Silva, KCM Sena-Evangelista, CO Lyra… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
This systematic review aims to identify instruments used to assess motivations for weight
loss in individuals with overweight and obesity from different age groups, such as children …

[HTML][HTML] The Association Between Goal Setting and Weight Loss: Prospective Analysis of a Community Weight Loss Program

GM Wren, DA Koutoukidis, J Scragg, M Whitman… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Goal setting aids health-related behavior changes; however, the influence of
different types of goals on weight loss remains unclear. Objective We aimed to investigate …

Motivations for weight loss among active duty military personnel

C Maclin-Akinyemi, RA Krukowski, M Kocak… - Military …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Rates of overweight and obesity among Active Duty Military Personnel remain
high despite fitness test requirements, negative consequences of fitness test failure, and …

Motivations for seeking bariatric surgery: the importance of health professionals and social networks

MJ Sharman, AJ Venn, M Hensher… - … surgical practice and …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Objective: To examine Australian patients' motivations for seeking bariatric surgery.
Background: The reasons for seeking bariatric surgery are incompletely understood. This …

[HTML][HTML] Yo-yo dieting in African American women: weight cycling and health

RL Osborn, KL Forys, TL Psota, T Sbrocco - Ethnicity & disease, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Research on the effects of weight cycling on health is mixed, strife with
inconsistent definitions and the exclusion of African Americans. This study examined weight …

Impact of income and perceived stress on engagement and weight loss outcomes in an online behavioral weight loss program

K Volz, E Wyckoff, TH Medina, Z Denmat… - Journal of Behavioral …, 2021 - Springer
Lower income is associated with greater stress, and stress has been shown to undermine
treatment engagement and weight loss outcomes in face-to-face interventions. The present …