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Who does not gain weight? Prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance in young women Ball, Kylie, Brown, W. and Crawford, David 2002, Who does not gain weight? Prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance in young women, International journal of obesity, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1570-1578. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ball-whodoesnotgain-2002.pdf Author post print application/pdf 110.33KB 963 Title Who does not gain weight? Prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance in young women Author(s) Ball, Kylie Brown, W. Crawford, David Journal name International journal of obesity Volume number 26 Issue number 12 Start page 1570 End page 1578 Publisher Nature Publishing Group Place of publication London, England Publication date 2002-12 ISSN 0307-0565 Keyword(s) weight maintenance weight gain prevalence diet sedentary behaviour Summary OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance over time in a large sample of young Australian women. DESIGN: This population study examined baseline and 4 y follow-up data from the cohort of young women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. SUBJECTS: A total of 8726 young women aged 18-23 y at baseline. MEASURES: Height, weight and body mass index (BMI); physical activity; time spent sitting; selected eating behaviours (eg dieting, disordered eating, takeaway food consumption); cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption; parity; and sociodemographic characteristics. RESULTS: Only 44% of the women reported their BMI at follow-up to be within 5% of their baseline BMI (maintainers); 41% had gained weight and 15% had lost weight. Weight maintainers were more likely to be in managerial or professional occupations; to have never married; to be currently studying; and not to be mothers. Controlling for sociodemographic factors, weight maintainers were more likely to be in a healthy weight range at baseline, and to report that they spent less time sitting, and consumed less takeaway food, than women who gained weight. CONCLUSIONS: Fewer than half the young women in this community sample maintained their weight over this 4 y period in their early twenties. Findings of widespread weight gain, particularly among those already overweight, suggest that early adulthood, which is a time of significant life changes for many women, may be an important time for implementing strategies to promote maintenance of healthy weight. Strategies which encourage decreased sitting time and less takeaway food consumption may be effective for encouraging weight maintenance at this life stage. Language eng Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001517 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research School of Health Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 16 Oct 2008, 08:33:08 EST Fri, 20 Mar 2009, 15:20:25 EST Wed, 03 Jun 2009, 15:03:27 EST Thu, 24 Jun 2010, 11:48:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 105 times in TR Web of Science Cited 112 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1730 Abstract Views, 963 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 07:59:10 EST

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