title: Correlates of health-related quality of life, psychological well-being, and eating self-regulation after successful weight loss maintenance.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate health-related quality of life and other psychosocial characteristics, including eating self-regulation and body image, in a group of successful long-term weight loss maintainers. Women enrolled in the Portuguese Weight Control Registry (n = 107) were matched and compared to women at the end of a behavior weight loss treatment program (n = 107), and also with women in the community who were not trying to lose weight (n = 107). Successful maintainers displayed higher quality of life and a more positive profile in selected eating and exercise markers of self-regulation compared to similarly-weighed women not attempting weight loss, but not when compared to the 'weight loss treatment' group. However, results also suggest that concerns with body shape and size may persist after weight loss and that some aspects of well-being and eating self-regulation can be more successfully targeted in specific weight loss programs.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Human Performance, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Estrada da Costa, 1495-688, Cruz-Quebrada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Marlene N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mata
authors.forename: Sílvia R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Teresa C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Luís B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Sardinha
authors.forename: Pedro J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D015431:Weight Loss; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs