Motives for weight loss and weight loss maintenance: results from the MedWeight study.
Dimitrios PoulimeneasCostas A AnastasiouAlexander KokkinosDemosthenes B PanagiotakosMary YannakouliaPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2021)
The present study has highlighted motivational influences associated with weight loss outcomes. Future studies should explore the ability of people with overweight/obesity to act upon motives for long-term weight management, as well as the impact of shifting through motives on the magnitude of maintenance.