Study shows behavior change is crucial to maintaining weight loss-DUH!
Unfortunately, they don’t specify which behaviors were changed, they just mention the techniques for getting the study participants to make those changes.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CCF6852575B1006C8B75
The most commonly reported behavioural change techniques, which were also associated with the most successful interventions, included self-monitoring (eg, food diaries), instructions to the participant (eg, how to make better food choices), and identifying barriers to success (eg, pinpointing difficult situations).
Posted by Matt on 05/10 at 07:22 AM
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I am the best example and evidence to prove this statement. I had a huge weight problem some years ago and was struggling to get back to normalcy, fighting not only weight gain but also the stress related to it, in losing out on social life too. The diets which I attempted were all proved successes, but with others, none of them seemed to work for me. Of course I lost weight but I never maintained it at all. Then came a friend who had been through all this and on her advice, I concentrated on certain behavior aspects, including staying away from favorite foods when in a crisis situation, and it worked magic. Now I know that while I may gain weight, I only have to watch my behavior and not fall into those patterns which make me addicted.
Posted by Short Term Medical on 05/12 at 10:39 PM