title: Weight gain since menopause and its associations with weight loss maintenance in obese postmenopausal women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between weight gain since menopause and weight regain after a weight loss program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 19 obese women who participated in a 15-week weight loss program and a 12-month follow-up. Main outcomes were: body composition, resting metabolic rate, energy intake, energy expenditure, and weight regain at follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All body composition measures significantly decreased after intervention (all P ≤ 0.01) while all measures of fatness increased significantly after the 12-month follow-up (P ≤ 0.01). Body weight gain since menopause was associated with body weight regain (r = 0.65; P = 0.003) after follow-up even after adjustment for confounders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weight gain since menopause is associated with body weight regain following the weight loss program. Therefore, weight gain since menopause should be considered as a factor influencing weight loss maintenance in older women.
authors.affiliation: Research Centre on Aging, Health and Social Services Centre, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sénéchal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arguin
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Carpentier
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ardilouze
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Dionne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brochu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001481:Basal Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000378:metabolism*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology*