title: Daily weight monitoring as a method of weight gain prevention in healthy weight and overweight young adult women.
abstract: Experimental research is needed to examine whether weight monitoring impacts weight and whether it has unintended harmful effects. This study randomly assigned 49 first-year university women (body mass index: 20-30 kg/m2) to daily weight monitoring or a control condition and measured weight, mood, body dissatisfaction, and unhealthy weight control behaviors at baseline and 8 weeks, and weight at 20-week follow-up. No harmful effects of daily weighing were detected; acceptability and adherence were high. Weight monitoring did not impact weight; both groups showed little weight gain. Results suggest that weight monitoring has minimal harmful effects and may be useful for preventing weight gain.
authors.affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, USA.|Drexel University, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Katterman
authors.affiliation: Drexel University, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Butryn
authors.affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Megan M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.affiliation: Drexel University, USA ml42@drexel.edu.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D000068959:Body Weight Maintenance; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology; D015430:Weight Gain; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: obesity; prevention; weight control; weight monitoring