title: [Long term weight loss maintenance].
abstract: A successful weight loss program leads to a new metabolic and endocrine balance that needs new long term management. Recent researches have shown some predictors as well as some barriers of the long term weight management. Predictors and barriers are linked to the lost weight, to the subject's habits and to the patient's psychosocial sphere. During the four-year follow-up, 78% of patients maintained 10% or more of their initial weight loss. The patients who maintained their weight presented less binge eating disorder, good motivation in diet and physical activity.
authors.affiliation: Service d'enseignement thérapeutique pour maladies chroniques, Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, Département de médecine communautaire et de premier recours, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. vincent.makoundou@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Makoundou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Habicht
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bobbioni-Harsch
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pataky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golay
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D015431:Weight Loss