TY - JOUR
T1 - Do participants with children age 18 and under have suboptimal weight loss?
AU - Rosenbaum, Diane L.
AU - Remmert, Jocelyn E.
AU - Forman, Evan M.
AU - Butryn, Meghan L.
N1 - Funding Information:
In conclusion, this investigation is the first to explore the important effects of parental status and gender on weight loss. Parents appear to be a group for whom BWL programs may underperform, as they experience greater barriers in time, stress, and negative emotion. The current data suggest that parents have greater difficulty adhering to calorie goals; future research is indicated to better understand the mechanisms through which weight control barriers and difficulties with calorie goal adherence impact weight loss. While factors such as gender and parental status are not modifiable, identification of their impact on weight control may help with greater personalization and tailoring of interventions to mitigate barriers. In turn, this may help to increase the percentage of individuals who experience successful weight loss outcomes from first line treatments. Funding This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health R01 DK100345 .
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Objectives: Parenthood is a time marked by behaviors that may promote risk for weight gain, including decreased physical activity and increased unhealthy eating. Little is known about parents in the context of behavioral weight loss, such as whether they differ in weight losses, and related barriers, or behaviors. Method: We compared parents of children aged 18 and younger (n = 105) to other participants who did not have children, or whose children were in adulthood (n = 215) in a behavioral weight loss program to evaluate six-month weight losses, and weight loss barriers and behaviors. Results: Parents of minor children lost less weight than other participants, and parental status interacted with gender such that men without minor children lost the most weight. Although parents of minor children identified greater stress, depression, time-related barriers to physical activity, and had less adherence to calorie goals, they did not differ from other participants in session attendance, emotional overeating, disinhibited eating, or physical activity. Discussion: Parents of minor children appear to have greater weight loss barriers, greater difficulty adhering to calorie goals, and less weight loss. Additional research is needed to identify ways to better serve parents in behavioral weight loss programs.
AB - Objectives: Parenthood is a time marked by behaviors that may promote risk for weight gain, including decreased physical activity and increased unhealthy eating. Little is known about parents in the context of behavioral weight loss, such as whether they differ in weight losses, and related barriers, or behaviors. Method: We compared parents of children aged 18 and younger (n = 105) to other participants who did not have children, or whose children were in adulthood (n = 215) in a behavioral weight loss program to evaluate six-month weight losses, and weight loss barriers and behaviors. Results: Parents of minor children lost less weight than other participants, and parental status interacted with gender such that men without minor children lost the most weight. Although parents of minor children identified greater stress, depression, time-related barriers to physical activity, and had less adherence to calorie goals, they did not differ from other participants in session attendance, emotional overeating, disinhibited eating, or physical activity. Discussion: Parents of minor children appear to have greater weight loss barriers, greater difficulty adhering to calorie goals, and less weight loss. Additional research is needed to identify ways to better serve parents in behavioral weight loss programs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.03.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 29544188
AN - SCOPUS:85043478466
SN - 1471-0153
VL - 29
SP - 68
EP - 74
JO - Eating Behaviors
JF - Eating Behaviors
ER -