Maintenance of weight loss after lifestyle interventions for overweight and obesity, a systematic review

Autor: Jeroen C.M. Barte, R.P. Bogers, N. C. W. ter Bogt, Pedro J. Teixeira, Bryan Blissmer, Trevor A. Mori, W.J.E. Bemelmans
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Obesity Reviews. 11:899-906
ISSN: 1467-7881
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00740.x
Popis: Lifestyle interventions can reduce body weight, but weight regain is common and may particularly occur with higher initial weight loss. If so, one may argue whether the 10% weight loss in clinical guidelines is preferable above a lower weight loss. This systematic review explores the relation between weight loss during an intervention and weight maintenance after at least 1 year of unsupervised follow-up. Twenty-two interventions (during at least 1 month) in healthy overweight Caucasians were selected and the mean percentages of weight loss and maintenance were calculated in a standardized way. In addition, within four intervention groups (n > 80) maintenance was calculated stratified by initial weight loss (0-5%, 5-10%, >10%). Overall, mean percentage maintenance was 54%. Weight loss during the intervention was not significantly associated with percentage maintenance (r = -0.26; P = 0.13). Percentage maintenance also not differed significantly between interventions with a weight loss of 5-10% vs. >10%. Consequently, net weight loss after follow-up differed between these categories (3.7 vs. 7.0%, respectively; P < 0.01). The analyses within the four interventions confirmed these findings. In conclusion, percentage maintenance does not clearly depend on initial weight loss. From this perspective, 10% or more weight loss can indeed be encouraged and favoured above lower weight loss goals.
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