Yoshitake Oshima1, Yukiyo Matsuoka, Naoki Sakane. 1. Faculty of Service Industries, Sports and Health Management Course, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Kobe, Japan. Electronic address:Yoshitake_Oshima@red.umds.ac.jp.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of self-weighing twice a day with a supportive program installed on a body composition monitor in overweight adults. SUBJECTS:Sixty adults with BMI > 24 kg/m(2) were randomly assigned to either a group that weighed themselves once per day (group 1, n = 30) or a group that weighed themselves twice per day (group 2, n = 30). INTERVENTION: Group 1 was instructed to self-weigh at the same time once per day and group 2 was instructed to self-weigh immediately after waking up in the morning and immediately before going to bed every day for twelve weeks. In addition, participants in group 2 was received the daily target setting during morning weighing and the difference between the measured weight and the target weight during bedtime weighing. RESULTS:Average weight reduction in group 1 was significantly lower than that in group 2 (1.0 ± 1.4 kg vs. 2.7 ± 2.1 kg, p < 0.05). The proportion of participants who lost ≥ 5% of their pre-program weight in group 2 was significantly higher than that in group 1 (28.6% vs. 3.6%, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: A self-weighing twice per day plus daily target setting and feedback is more effective in promoting weight loss than once-daily self-measurement.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of self-weighing twice a day with a supportive program installed on a body composition monitor in overweight adults. SUBJECTS: Sixty adults with BMI > 24 kg/m(2) were randomly assigned to either a group that weighed themselves once per day (group 1, n = 30) or a group that weighed themselves twice per day (group 2, n = 30). INTERVENTION: Group 1 was instructed to self-weigh at the same time once per day and group 2 was instructed to self-weigh immediately after waking up in the morning and immediately before going to bed every day for twelve weeks. In addition, participants in group 2 was received the daily target setting during morning weighing and the difference between the measured weight and the target weight during bedtime weighing. RESULTS: Average weight reduction in group 1 was significantly lower than that in group 2 (1.0 ± 1.4 kg vs. 2.7 ± 2.1 kg, p < 0.05). The proportion of participants who lost ≥ 5% of their pre-program weight in group 2 was significantly higher than that in group 1 (28.6% vs. 3.6%, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: A self-weighing twice per day plus daily target setting and feedback is more effective in promoting weight loss than once-daily self-measurement.
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