Forming new health behavior habits during weight loss maintenance-The PREVIEW study.
Maija Huttunen-LenzSylvia HansenAnne RabenMargriet S Westerterp-PlantengaIan A MacdonaldGareth StrattonNils SwindellJ Alfredo MartinezTeodora Handjieva-DarlenskaSally D PoppittMarta P SilvestreMikael FogelholmElli JaloJennie Brand-MillerRoslyn MuirheadThomas Meinert LarsenPia Siig VestentoftSvetoslav HandjievWolfgang SchlichtPublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2022)
Changing diet habits is a complex, multifactorial process, with participants struggling at least with some aspects of weight maintenance. Habits against consuming energy-dense, sweet, and fatty food appeared effective in protecting against weight regain. The observed effect sizes were small, reflecting the complexity of breaking old habits and forming new ones to support long-term maintenance of weight loss. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).