Thursday, May 5, 2016

Maintenance of Weight Loss - AJCN 2001


The current perception is that participants in a weight loss program resumed their entire weight loss in 5 years.
OBJECTIVES:

The objective was to examine the long-term weight loss and weight maintenance people who have undergone weight loss as part of a structured program.

SCHEMA, ENVIRONMENT, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASURES:

The studies were conducted in the United States, with people following a weight loss program and provided data for 2 years. The primary outcomes were to provide statistics in relation to the initial weight, weight loss, and maintain the new weight in the form of statistics.

RESULTS:

Twenty-nine studies followed over 4-5 years met the criteria. The people who followed a low-calorie diet (VLED - protein diets) showed a weight loss higher than those who followed a low-calorie diet and balanced (DBC).

Percentage of individuals who follow a slimming diet was 55.4 VLEDs% and 79.7% DBC.

Results for VLEDs and DBC, respectively, were as follows:
the weight loss maintenance, 7.1 kg (95% CI: 6.1, 8.1 kg) and 2 0 (1.5, 2.5) kg
The percentage of weight loss maintenance, 29% (25%, 33%) and 17% (13%, 22%)
Reduced weight by 6.6% (5, 7%, 7.5%) and 2.1% (1.6%, 2.7%).
Maintaining weight loss did not differ significantly between women and men.

CONCLUSIONS:

Five years after the end of weight loss programs, the people have maintained a weight loss of more than 3 kg and less weight than 3% of initial body weight. Individuals who dieted VLEDs achieved a weight loss of 20 kg, and maintained significantly easier their weight loss compared to those who followed a diet with a DBC maintaining weight less than 10 kg.

Anderson, JW, Konz, EC, Frederich, RC, Wood, CL. (2001). Long-term weight-loss maintenance: a meta-analysis of US studies. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 74(5) 579-584. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11684524
Article published on http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/

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