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Obesity in womenSuzanne Phelan
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Med Health R I 88:350-1, 354-5. 2005- Are the eating and exercise habits of successful weight losers changing?Suzanne Phelan
Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:710-6. 2006..Participants had lost an average of 33.1 kg and maintained a 13.6-kg loss for 5.8 years before enrollment. Evaluations of diet and physical activity were conducted at entry into the NWCR and prospectively over 1 year... - Recovery from relapse among successful weight maintainersSuzanne Phelan
Department of Psychiatry, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, 14 Third Street, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:1079-84. 2003..Little is known about the natural history of weight change among persons who are successful at losing weight... - Impact of weight loss on the metabolic syndromeS Phelan
Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:1442-8. 2007..To evaluate the effects of weight loss on the risk of having metabolic syndrome after 1 year of treatment with lifestyle modification alone, pharmacotherapy alone (sibutramine) or the combination of the two... 
Empirical evaluation of physical activity recommendations for weight control in womenSuzanne Phelan
Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1832-6. 2007....- Three-year weight change in successful weight losers who lost weight on a low-carbohydrate dietSuzanne Phelan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Brown Medical School, 196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2470-7. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate long-term weight loss and eating and exercise behaviors of successful weight losers who lost weight using a low-carbohydrate diet... - Combining behavioral and pharmacological treatments for obesitySuzanne Phelan
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Obes Res 10:560-74. 2002..The article examines possible methods of sequencing behavioral and pharmacological therapies and offers suggestions for future research... 
Holiday weight management by successful weight losers and normal weight individualsSuzanne Phelan
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:442-8. 2008..7%) gained > or = 1 kg over the holidays, and this effect persisted 1 month later (28.3% and 10.7%, respectively). SWL worked harder than NW did to manage their weight, but they appeared more vulnerable to weight gain during the holidays...- Weight-loss maintenance in successful weight losers: surgical vs non-surgical methodsD S Bond
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 33:173-80. 2009.... - An initial evaluation of a commercial weight loss program: short-term effects on weight, eating behavior, and moodM R Lowe
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102 1192, USA
Obes Res 7:51-9. 1999..This paper describes an initial, 4-week evaluation of a commercial weight loss program... - Randomized trial of lifestyle modification and pharmacotherapy for obesityThomas A Wadden
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
N Engl J Med 353:2111-20. 2005..This practice is likely to limit therapeutic benefits... - Consistent self-monitoring of weight: a key component of successful weight loss maintenanceMeghan L Butryn
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 245 N 15th Street, MS 626, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:3091-6. 2007..The objectives were to investigate the characteristics associated with frequent self-weighing and the relationship between self-weighing and weight loss maintenance... - One-year weight losses in the Look AHEAD study: factors associated with successThomas A Wadden
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:713-22. 2009..The lifestyle intervention was clinically effective in all subsets of an ethnically and demographically diverse population... - Obese patients' perceptions of treatment outcomes and the factors that influence themG D Foster
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:2133-9. 2001..Examining ways to reduce the disparities between treatment expectations and subsequent outcomes, this study evaluated the role of physical characteristics, treatment setting, and mood in patients' evaluations of treatment outcomes... - Promoting long-term weight control: does dieting consistency matter?A A Gorin
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:278-81. 2004..The present study examined whether long-term weight loss maintenance is enhanced by maintaining the same diet regimen across the week and year or by dieting more strictly on weekdays and nonholiday periods than at other times... - Weight-loss maintenance in overweight individuals one to five years following successful completion of a commercial weight loss programM R Lowe
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:325-31. 2001..To determine weight loss maintenance among participants in a commercial weight loss program (Weight Watchers) who had reached their goal weights 1-5 y previously... - Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the Look AHEAD trialRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry, The Miriam Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02860, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1566-75. 2010..We examined the effects of lifestyle intervention on changes in weight, fitness, and CVD risk factors during a 4-year study... - Internal disinhibition predicts weight regain following weight loss and weight loss maintenanceHeather M Niemeier
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2485-94. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the disinhibition scale and determine how its factors independently relate to long-term weight loss outcomes... - Becoming physically active after bariatric surgery is associated with improved weight loss and health-related quality of lifeDale S Bond
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Brown Alpert Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:78-83. 2009..Future randomized controlled trials should examine whether assisting patients who are inactive preoperatively to increase their PA postoperatively contributes to optimization of weight loss and HRQoL outcomes... - Maintaining large weight losses: the role of behavioral and psychological factorsRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:1015-21. 2008..Future programs should focus on maintaining physical activity, dietary restraints, and frequent self-weighing and should include stronger components to modify psychological parameters... - Medical triggers are associated with better short- and long-term weight loss outcomesAmy A Gorin
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 39:612-6. 2004..Medical events are often reported as triggers for weight loss, but it is unknown whether medical triggers result in better short- and long-term weight control... - Dieting and the development of eating disorders in obese women: results of a randomized controlled trialThomas A Wadden
Department of Psychiatry, Weight and Eating Disorders Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:560-8. 2004..Some investigators fear that dieting may precipitate binge eating and other adverse behavioral consequences... - Long-term weight loss maintenanceRena R Wing
Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:222S-225S. 2005..National Weight Control Registry members provide evidence that long-term weight loss maintenance is possible and help identify the specific approaches associated with long-term success... - Amount of food group variety consumed in the diet and long-term weight loss maintenanceHollie A Raynor
The Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, 196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Obes Res 13:883-90. 2005..2 +/- 18.0 kg (70.9 +/- 39.5 lbs) and maintained a weight loss of at least 13.6 kg (30 lbs) for 6.1 +/- 7.7 years... - Metabolic syndrome and health-related quality of life in obese individuals seeking weight reductionAdam Gilden Tsai
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:59-63. 2008..We hypothesized that MetSyn would be associated with lower HRQoL on measures of physical and mental health... - Differential functional magnetic resonance imaging response to food pictures in successful weight-loss maintainers relative to normal-weight and obese controlsJeanne M McCaffery
Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:928-34. 2009..However, little work to date has examined how SWLs differ biologically from normal-weight (NW) and obese controls... - Promoting more modest weight losses: a pilot studyGary D Foster
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadephia, PA 19104, USA
Obes Res 12:1271-7. 2004..This pilot study assessed the short- and long-term effects of a modified cognitive behavioral treatment designed to facilitate obese patients' acceptance of a 5% to 10% reduction in initial weight... - The role of adherence in mediating the relationship between depression and health outcomesRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
J Psychosom Res 53:877-81. 2002..An alternative model in which adherence precedes and influences both mood state and health outcome is discussed. Finally, possible explanations for these relationships are explored and suggestions for future research provided... - Assessment of quality of life in obese individualsThomas A Wadden
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3029, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Obes Res 10:50S-57S. 2002 - Physical activity patterns in the National Weight Control RegistryVictoria A Catenacci
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:153-61. 2008.... - Television viewing and long-term weight maintenance: results from the National Weight Control RegistryDouglas A Raynor
Department of Psychology, The State University of New York at Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1816-24. 2006..To examine the role of television (TV) viewing in long-term maintenance of weight loss... - Prevalence of successful weight lossSuzanne Phelan
Arch Intern Med 165:2430. 2005 - The National Weight Control Registry: is it useful in helping deal with our obesity epidemic?James O Hill
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 37:206-10. 2005..The value of this project lies in identifying potential strategies that may help others be more successful in keeping weight off... - Involving support partners in obesity treatmentAmy Gorin
The Miriam Hospital Brown Medical School and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth 02747, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:341-3. 2005..Interclass correlations of weight change between participants and their partner(s) were strong at all time points (ps<.01). Support partners appear to only be beneficial in obesity treatment when partners themselves lose weight...