title: The relationship among registered nurses' weight status, weight loss regimens, and successful or unsuccessful weight loss.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate relationships between body mass index (BMI), personality type, weight loss regimens, and successful or unsuccessful weight loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred and twenty-one registered nurses (RNs) were recruited from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the membership of a nursing honor society, and RNs at a large state university. Participants completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a demographic survey (age, gender, height, weight, ethnicity, education status, disability, shift work hours, and prescription medication use), and questions related to their weight status, weight loss attempts, and motivation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RNs who had a lower BMI were more successful in losing weight than RNs who had a higher BMI. They were also more successful in their weight loss attempts if they did not use a diet regimen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RNs who were successful in losing weight did not use a specified dietary regimen.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA. bruce.zitkus@stonybrook.edu
authors.forename: Bruce S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Zitkus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult