Identification of minimum thresholds for dietary self‐monitoring to promote weight‐loss maintenance
Authors' conclusion
Results demonstrate that self-monitoring at least 3 days/week may be beneficial for supporting long-term maintenance, although greater benefit (in relation to weight loss) may be realized at thresholds of 5 to 6 days/week. Future research should investigate whether individuals who were randomized to self-monitor at these different thresholds demonstrate differential patterns of weight-loss maintenance.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with overweight or obesity (mean [SD] age 50.7 [10.4] years, BMI 31.2 [4.5] kg/m²) in a 9-month maintenance period after a 3-month weight-loss program, encouraged to self-monitor weight, diet and physical activity daily
- Participants
- 74 adults
- Comparison
- Dietary self-monitoring thresholds during weight-loss maintenance
- Primary endpoint
- Weight regain by dietary self-monitoring threshold
- Follow-up
- 9-month maintenance period
Methodological detailsexploratory threshold analysis
- Exploratory threshold analysis
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Weight change by self-monitoring threshold
- Greater self-monitoring correlated with less weight regain for thresholds of ≥3 days/week; largest benefit for ≥5 to ≥6 days/week
- all p < 0.05
Original publication
Identification of minimum thresholds for dietary self‐monitoring to promote weight‐loss maintenance. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 26 March 2024. doi:10.
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