Pretreatment predictors of attrition and successful weight management in women
International Journal of ObesityPublished 20 July 2004
Pedro J. Teixeira, Scott B. Going, Linda Houtkooper, Ellen Cussler, Lauve Metcalfe, Robert M. Blew
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Psychosocial and behavioral variables may be useful as pretreatment predictors of success level and/or attrition in previously overweight and mildly obese women who volunteer for behavioral weight control programs.
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Psychosocial and behavioral variables (eg, dieting history, dietary intake, outcome evaluations, exercise self-efficacy, and quality of life) may be useful as pretreatment predictors of success level and/or attrition in previously overweight and mildly obese women who volunteer for behavioral weight control programs. These factors can be used in developing readiness profiles for weight management, a potentially important tool to address the issue of low success/completion rates in the current management of obesity.
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