Lifestyle patterns associated with diet, physical activity, body mass index and amount of recent weight loss in a sample of successful weight losers

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Nancy E Sherwood¹  Robert W Jeffery²  Paul T Fuglestad² 

[1] HealthPartners Research Foundation, 8170 33rd Ave. S., Mail stop 21111R, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA;Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA

关键词: Physical activity;    Diet;    Weight loss;    Body mass index;    Lifestyle patterns;   

Others  :  824752
DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-9-79

 received in 2011-10-26, accepted in 2012-06-21,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Research suggests that the interaction between biological susceptibility and environmental risk is complex and that further study of behavioral typologies related to obesity and associated behaviors is important to further elucidate the nature of obesity risk and how to approach it for intervention. The current investigation aims to identify phenotypical lifestyle patterns that might begin to unify our understanding of obesity and obesity related behaviors.

Methods

Individuals who had recently lost substantial weight of their own initiative completed measures of intentional weight control behaviors and lifestyle behaviors associated with eating. These behaviors were factor analyzed and the resulting factors were examined in relation to BMI, recent weight loss, diet, and physical activity.

Results

Four meaningful lifestyle and weight control behavioral factors were identified— regularity of meals, TV related viewing and eating, intentional strategies for weight control, and eating away from home. Greater meal regularity was associated with greater recent weight loss and greater fruit and vegetable intake. Greater TV related viewing and eating was associated with greater BMI and greater fat and sugar intake. More eating away from home was related to greater fat and sugar intake, lower fruit and vegetable intake, and less physical activity. Greater use of weight control strategies was most consistently related to better weight, diet, and physical activity outcomes.

Conclusions

Compared to the individual behavior variables, the identified lifestyle patterns appeared to be more reliably related to diet, physical activity, and weight (both BMI and recent weight loss). These findings add to the growing body of literature identifying behavioral patterns related to obesity and the overall weight control strategy of eating less and exercising more. In future research it will be important to replicate these behavioral factors (over time and in other samples) and to examine how changes in these factors relate to weight loss and weight maintenance over time.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Fuglestad et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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