title: Compensations for Weight Loss in Successful and Unsuccessful Dieters.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore for the presence of behavioral compensation for weight loss in successful and unsuccessful dieters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Successful dieters (women maintaining a weight loss ≥ 10% body weight for ≥ 1 year) and unsuccessful dieters (women who had lost and regained ≥ 10% body weight) were compared to age- and BMI-matched controls for measures obtained from self-report surveys, an online dietary recall, indirect calorimetry, a submaximal treadmill test, and accelerometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared to their controls, successful dieters reported lower carbohydrate intake, greater protein intake, greater eating restraint, and more vigorous intensity physical activity. Accelerometry data reflected more moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity, but more energy expenditure over-report in successful dieters than their comparators. Unsuccessful dieters were indistinguishable from their controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Successful dieters show behavioral vigilance but over-report total daily energy expenditure, whereas unsuccessful dieters do not demonstrate measurable compensations in health behavior.
authors.affiliation: Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. davidjohnhume@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hume
authors.affiliation: Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Jacolene
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kroff
authors.affiliation: Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Louise D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Clamp
authors.affiliation: Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Estelle V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry; D000328:Adult; D002151:Calorimetry; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005080:Exercise Test; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D057566:Self Report; D015431:Weight Loss