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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"weight loss intervention"”.
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Health at Every Size Program Intervention Versus Traditional Weight Loss Intervention: Impact on Diet and Physical Activity
<p><em>Backround.</em> A shift from a weight-focus to a health focus -Health At Every Size (HAES)-has been suggested. Yet, little research has compared the impact of this approach to a traditional weight loss program on diet, while physical activity, anthropometric and health indicators have been …
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The Impact of Depressive Symptomatology on the Efficacy of a Weight Loss Intervention Program in African-American Children and Adolescents
… this epidemic, additional factors impacting weight outcomes need to be examined. This study conducted secondary analyses using previously collected data from 206 African-American youth ages 7-18 involved in a weight loss program within a major urban area. It explored the impact of various …
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Worksite Weight Loss Intervention Utilizing Monetary Incentives and Contingency Management for Overweight and Obese Employees at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
… evaluate the effect of a financial incentive on weight loss and diabetes risk score (DRS) following a tailored National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) weight loss intervention among adults who are overweight/obese and who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. An additional aim to evaluate changes …
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Pilot study: Effect of a worksite weight-loss intervention and social influence on self-efficacy and self-regulation for eating and exercise
Employers need more effective workplace interventions to address overweight and obesity. Self-efficacy (SE) and self-regulation (SR) of weight management behaviors and social influence are important factors for weight loss. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to assess the influence of an …
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Investigation of weight management-related focus areas in middle-class overweight/obese Black (Zulu) women to advise healthy weight loss intervention development
… black women had the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity and central obesity across all population and gender groups. This trend was confirmed by the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1) who reported a substantial increase in the prevalence of obesity …
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IMPACT OF MEAL FREQUENCY ON APPETITE AND BLOOD MARKERS OF HEALTH IN OBESE WOMEN UTILIZING AN EQUI-HYPOCALORIC DIET DURING A BEHAVIORAL WEIGHT LOSS INTERVENTION
… pandemic and a public health concern. Beneficial weight loss strategies are needed for obesity management. Increased daily meal frequency (MF) is often associated with improvements in blood-markers of health and appetite control during weight loss; however, this has not been confirmed using …
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Theory and evidence-based development and feasibility testing of a weight loss intervention (Health4LIFE) for overweight and obese primary school educators employed at public schools in low-income settings, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Background: Bearing in mind the prevalence of overweight/obesity found among educators (teachers) and their role modelling function, it is imperative that appropriate weight loss interventions are developed and implemented to control obesity in this target population, while ensuring that they model …
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Smartphone Application Interventions to Increase Weight Loss: A Systematic Review
… approach is the use of mobile phones as an intervention for obesity. Unfortunately, there is little research that specifically investigates the use of smartphone applications (apps) for weight loss. This systematic review will evaluate the current pool of evidence and assess the …
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The Effect of Recent Meal Recall and Its Implications for Weight Loss
… of the meal-recall effect (Chapter 5). Two weight loss interventions based on the meal-recall effect were tested for usability, by asking users for feedback (questionnaires and interviews) after using the interventions for a week (Chapter 6). Finally, the feasibility of a memory-based weight …
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Effect of an Online Social Network on Perceived Social Support and Self-Efficacy to Adopt and Maintain Health Behaviors
… network used as an adjunct to a behavioral weight loss intervention on participants’ perceived social support and perceived self-efficacy using constructs of Social Cognitive Theory as a basis for website development.</p> <p>Methods: 13 adult women (mean age: 43 years of age, range: 25-63 …
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Predictors of Weight Loss in the Healthy Living Partnership to Prevent Diabetes: A Randomized Control Trial
… research has been successful at inducing weight loss to prevent the onset of diabetes in those who are prediabeti, there is still a large variability in those who succeeded at losing weight in previous studies. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine social cognitive predictors …
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The effect of peanut and peanut butter snacking on weight loss in children
Childhood obesity and overweight has increased significantly, with Mexican Americans having the highest rates. An increase in caloric consumption, and specifically unhealthy snacking, has contributed to childhood obesity. Therefore interventions with a healthy snacking component may prove …
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Exercise and nutrition induced weight loss for prostate cancer patients
… therapy (ADT) and how exercise and nutrition interventions can be used to induce fat loss, while preserving or improving lean mass. Study 1 (Chapter 4) is an examination of the efficacy of a weight loss program in altering body composition in overweight and obese prostate cancer patients …
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Feature-based Designs to Increase the Reach of Effective Weight-loss Programs
… for all adults to be screened and behavioral intervention offered to those with a body mass index (BMI) of > 30 kg/m2. While the measure is intended to improve access to weight-loss resources for millions of Americans affected, it may not achieve its intended effect in part because of the …
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Comparing Distance-Based Vs. Time-Based Exercise Prescriptions Of Walking And Running For Improvement Of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
… to walking/running for time as part of a weight loss intervention to assess similarities or differences. Another purpose was to evaluate included the feasibility of a previously published regression equation in predicting energy expenditure for walking or running for a one-mile distance …
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The influence of wellness in weight loss
… to explore the influence of wellness in weight loss. Although it is not known why the prevalence of obesity has increased so suddenly and markedly specifically in the past twenty years, experts agree that the rise is unlikely to be related to a sudden shift in genetic or biological …
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Comparing Self-Monitoring Strategies for Weight Loss: Does Developing Mastery Before Diet Tracking Enhance Engagement?
… intake is a valuable component of behavioral weight loss treatment but engagement in self-monitoring declines quickly, resulting in suboptimal treatment outcomes. This dissertation examined a novel weight loss intervention that aims to lessen the decline in self-monitoring engagement by …
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Identification of Latent Subgroups of Obese Adolescents Enrolled in a Healthy Weight Management Program
… (n = 182), female (n = 169), and enrolled in a weight loss intervention were analyzed. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to segment patients into groups based on their scores on PedsQL 4.0 scales (physical-, emotional-, social-, and school functioning) and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale. …
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EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE UTILITY OF BLOOD CELL RESPIRATORY CAPACITY AS A SYSTEMIC MARKER OF MITOCHONDRIAL HEALTH AND BIOLOGICAL AGE
… function in older adults, and responds to intervention. PBMC and platelet respiration produced similar respiratory rates over 1 week with intraclass correlation coefficients greater than 0.5. Platelet and monocyte bioenergetics associated with bioenergetics of skeletal and cardiac muscle, …
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