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| Rena R WingSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Benefits of recruiting participants with friends and increasing social support for weight loss and maintenanceR R Wing
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213 2593, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 67:132-8. 1999..Among those recruited with friends and given SBT plus social support, 95% completed treatment and 66% maintained their weight loss in full...- Predictors of weight control advice in primary care practices: patient health and psychosocial characteristicsLaurey R Simkin-Silverman
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Prev Med 40:71-82. 2005..Past research has surveyed primary care physicians (PCP) about their attitudes and practices towards obese patients, yet less is known about the patients receiving advice... - Lifestyle intervention can prevent weight gain during menopause: results from a 5-year randomized clinical trialLaurey R Simkin-Silverman
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Ann Behav Med 26:212-20. 2003..The efficacy of a dietary and physical activity lifestyle intervention to prevent weight gain and elevations in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors from the peri- to postmenopause is unknown... - Relationship of physical activity to eating behaviors and weight loss in womenJohn M Jakicic
Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1653-9. 2002.... - A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of fluoxetine on dietary intake in overweight women with and without binge-eating disorderC G Greeno
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 64:267-73. 1996.... - Hormone replacement therapy use and menopausal symptoms among women participating in a behavioral lifestyle interventionM A Boraz
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Prev Med 33:108-14. 2001..The purpose of this study was to examine the choice to take HRT while participating in a lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk through the menopause... - Weight gain during menopause. Is it inevitable or can it be prevented?L R Simkin-Silverman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Postgrad Med 108:47-50, 53-6. 2000..Given the prevalence and chronic course of obesity, weight gain prevention should be recognized as an important health goal for women before they approach menopause... - Skeletal muscle fatty acid metabolism in association with insulin resistance, obesity, and weight lossD E Kelley
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Am J Physiol 277:E1130-41. 1999.... - Maintenance of cardiovascular risk factor changes among middle-aged women in a lifestyle intervention trialL R Simkin-Silverman
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Womens Health 4:255-71. 1998..Eighty percent of intervention participants compared to 45% of controls were at or under baseline weight at 18 months, suggesting that promoting modest weight loss may be an effective approach to preventing weight gain in these women... - Relationship between weight loss maintenance and changes in serum leptin levelsR R Wing
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Horm Metab Res 28:698-703. 1996..Thus, changes in leptin concentration during weight loss track with changes in weight. However, neither baseline concentrations nor initial changes in leptin predict success at weight loss or maintenance... - The effects of health beliefs on weight loss in individuals at high risk for NIDDMB A Polley
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Diabetes Care 20:1533-8. 1997..To determine whether perceived risk and other health beliefs held by individuals at high risk for developing NIDDM predict weight loss and behavior change during a behavioral weight loss program to reduce the risk of NIDDM... - The effect of short periods of caloric restriction on weight loss and glycemic control in type 2 diabetesK V Williams
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
Diabetes Care 21:2-8. 1998..To determine whether an intermittent very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) improves weight loss and glycemic control more than moderate caloric restriction alone... - Prescribing exercise in multiple short bouts versus one continuous bout: effects on adherence, cardiorespiratory fitness, and weight loss in overweight womenJ M Jakicic
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 19:893-901. 1995..To investigate whether prescribing exercise in several short-bouts versus one long-bout per day would enhance exercise adherence, cardiorespiratory fitness, and weight loss in overweight adult females in a behavioral weight control program... - A case-control study of successful maintenance of a substantial weight loss: individuals who lost weight through surgery versus those who lost weight through non-surgical meansM L Klem
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:573-9. 2000..To determine if method of weight loss (surgery; non-surgery) is associated with current levels of psychosocial functioning or current weight maintenance behaviors in individuals who have lost large amounts of weight... - Vegetarian and weight-loss diets among young adultsC F Smith
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obes Res 8:123-9. 2000..In the current study vegetarian and weight-loss diets were compared on how long and how strictly they were followed, and reasons why they were initiated and discontinued... - Binge antecedents in obese women with and without binge eating disorderC G Greeno
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pennsylvania, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 68:95-102. 2000..Binge eating NBED women tended to experience worse mood, less control, and more craving than other NBED women, contributing to evidence of the close relationship of binge eating and decrements in emotional and appetitive functioning... - Psychological symptoms in individuals successful at long-term maintenance of weight lossM L Klem
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Health Psychol 17:336-45. 1998..There was no evidence that long-term suppression of body weight is associated with psychological distress... 
Weight gain prevention among womenMichele D Levine
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1267-77. 2007....- Accuracy of self-reported exercise and the relationship with weight loss in overweight womenJ M Jakicic
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 30:634-8. 1998..e., Tri-Trac Accelerometer) and to assess whether there is a difference in weight loss between individuals who under- and over-report their exercise... - Long-term weight losses associated with prescription of higher physical activity goals. Are higher levels of physical activity protective against weight regain?Deborah F Tate
Department of Health Behavior Health Education and Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:954-9. 2007..High levels of exercise may be necessary for long-term maintenance of weight loss... - Reduction in weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes: one-year results of the look AHEAD trialXavier Pi-Sunyer
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1374-83. 2007..This report describes 1-year changes in CVD risk factors in a trial designed to examine the long-term effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention on the incidence of major CVD events... - Fast food consumption and breakfast skipping: predictors of weight gain from adolescence to adulthood in a nationally representative sampleHeather M Niemeier
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:842-9. 2006..To investigate whether fast food consumption and breakfast skipping are associated with weight gain during the transition from adolescence to adulthood... - 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... - A self-regulation program for maintenance of weight lossRena R Wing
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
N Engl J Med 355:1563-71. 2006..We developed a maintenance program based on self-regulation theory and tested the efficacy of delivering the program face to face or over the Internet... - Effect of weight loss with lifestyle intervention on risk of diabetesRichard F Hamman
Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinating Center, The Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Diabetes Care 29:2102-7. 2006..We explored the contribution of changes in weight, diet, and physical activity on the risk of developing diabetes among ILS participants... - STOP regain: are there negative effects of daily weighing?Rena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:652-6. 2007..03). Daily weighing appears to be an important aspect of weight loss maintenance and was not associated with adverse psychological effects... - Package unit size and amount of food: do both influence intake?Hollie A Raynor
Department of Nutrition, The University of Tennessee, 1215 W Cumberland Avenue, Jessie Harris Building, Room 229, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2311-9. 2007..Thus, this study examined the independent effects of package unit size and amount of food on intake. It was hypothesized that both variables would influence intake... - 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.... 
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...- Behavioral aspects of weight loss in type 2 diabetesRena R Wing
Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, 196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Curr Diab Rep 8:126-31. 2008..An important finding is that modest weight losses of just 5% to 10% of initial body weight appear sufficient to produce these benefits for diabetes prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction... - Predictors of attrition and weight loss in an adolescent weight control programElissa Jelalian
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bradley Hasbro Children s Research Center, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1318-23. 2008..To evaluate demographic and psychosocial predictors of attrition and weight loss in a behaviorally based adolescent weight control trial... - 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.... - 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... - Fitness, fatness, and cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes: look ahead studyRena R Wing
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:2107-16. 2007..The present study examined the association of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity with CVD risk factors in an ethnically diverse sample of overweight/obese individuals with type 2 diabetes... - 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... - 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... - A randomized trial comparing human e-mail counseling, computer-automated tailored counseling, and no counseling in an Internet weight loss programDeborah F Tate
Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1620-5. 2006..Several studies have shown that e-mail counseling improves weight loss achieved in self-directed Internet programs. Computer-tailored feedback offers a population-based alternative to human e-mail counseling... - 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... - Long-term weight loss and breakfast in subjects in the National Weight Control RegistryHolly R Wyatt
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Obes Res 10:78-82. 2002..To examine breakfast consumption in subjects maintaining a weight loss in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)... - 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... - Prescribed "breaks" as a means to disrupt weight control effortsRena R Wing
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Obes Res 11:287-91. 2003..We sought to determine whether relapses could be induced earlier by intentionally interrupting the momentum of weight loss during a treatment program and thus provide a model for weight maintenance research... - Effects of Internet behavioral counseling on weight loss in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes: a randomized trialDeborah F Tate
Brown University School of Medicine Miriam Hospital, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, RI 02906, USA
JAMA 289:1833-6. 2003..Weight loss programs on the Internet appear promising for short-term weight loss but have not been studied for weight loss in individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes; thus, the longer-term efficacy is unknown... - Physical activity and weight loss: does prescribing higher physical activity goals improve outcome?Robert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:684-9. 2003..Recommending increased physical activity facilitates long-term weight loss, but the optimal level of physical activity to recommend is unknown... - 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... - Is dietary fat intake related to liking or household availability of high- and low-fat foods?Hollie A Raynor
Department of Psychiatry, and Human Behavior, Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obes Res 12:816-23. 2004..This investigation examined relationships between liking and household availability of high- and low-fat foods and their association with dietary fat intake... - 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... - Achieving weight and activity goals among diabetes prevention program lifestyle participantsRena R Wing
Prevention Program Coordinating Center, The Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Obes Res 12:1426-34. 2004..This paper examines demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral factors related to achieving weight loss and physical activity goals in the DPP lifestyle participants... - 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... - 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... - Effect of limiting snack food variety on long-term sensory-specific satiety and monotony during obesity treatmentHollie A Raynor
The Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Eat Behav 7:1-14. 2006..Future research should examine if limiting food group variety over an extended time affects intake and could be used as a technique in weight loss interventions... - 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 - Less activation in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the reanalysis of the response to a meal in obese than in lean women and its association with successful weight lossDuc Son Nt Le
Obesity and Diabetes Clinical Research Section, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:573-9. 2007.... - Physical activity in individuals at risk for diabetes: Diabetes Prevention ProgramAndrea M Kriska
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, George Washington University, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:826-32. 2006..This provided the opportunity to examine the relationship between the three activity measures and to compare activity levels of the DPP sample with that of a national sample with IGT... - Surgical vs behavioral therapy for weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetesRena R Wing
JAMA 299:2146; author reply 2146-7. 2008 - Effect of limiting snack food variety across days on hedonics and consumptionHollie A Raynor
The Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown University Medical School, 196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Appetite 46:168-76. 2006..These findings indicate that limiting variety across several days reduces hedonics of the limited food... - Prevalence of successful weight lossSuzanne Phelan
Arch Intern Med 165:2430. 2005 - Failure to meet weight loss expectations does not impact maintenance in successful weight losersAmy A Gorin
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:3086-90. 2007..The objective was to examine whether having a weight loss experience that lives up to one's expectations is related to maintenance in a group of successful weight losers participating in the STOP Regain trial... - Behavioral techniques for treating the obese patientRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Prim Care 30:375-91. 2003..Changes in diet and exercise can produce long-term weight loss with tremendous positive impact. Primary care physicians are well positioned to support these behavior changes in their overweight patients... - Behavioral interventions for obesity: recognizing our progress and future challengesRena R Wing
Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obes Res 11:3S-6S. 2003 - Extension of type 2 diabetes genome-wide association scan results in the diabetes prevention programAllan F Moore
Center for Human Genetic Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes 57:2503-10. 2008....