title: Clinical correlates of short- and long-term weight loss.
abstract: This study was designed to identify psychological, behavioral, and physiological correlates of short- and long-term weight loss. Measures of psychological functioning, body composition, fat cell size and number, and attendance were evaluated in 76 obese women for their relationship to weight loss at the end of treatment and at a 1-y follow-up evaluation. Losing more weight during the first month of treatment and attending a higher percentage of treatment sessions were strongly associated with greater weight loss at the end of treatment and at 1-y follow-up. In addition, patients with the highest initial weights lost the most weight both at the end of treatment and at 1-y follow-up. Easily obtained measures are as successful in predicting weight loss as are more expensive and complicated measures.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Wadden
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Pierson
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moreland
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stunkard
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: VanItallie
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001823:Body Composition; D003863:Depression; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010556:Personality Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*