Public definitions of success in weight management Timperio, Anna and Crawford, David 2004, Public definitions of success in weight management, Nutrition & dietetics, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 215-220. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads crawford-publicdefinitions-2004.pdf Published version application/pdf 493.12KB 276 Title Public definitions of success in weight management Author(s) Timperio, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012 Crawford, David orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-7556 Journal name Nutrition & dietetics Volume number 61 Issue number 4 Start page 215 End page 220 Publisher Dietitians Association of Australia Place of publication Deakin, A.C.T. Publication date 2004 ISSN 1446-6368 Keyword(s) community overweight perceptions success weight control weight maintenance Summary Objective: To examine perceptions of success in weight control and future weight-control intentions in a community sample. Design: Cross-sectional postal survey. Subjects: There were 1500 adults randomly selected from the Electoral Roll of Victoria (47% response). Setting: Community. Main outcome measures: Retrospective weight change over previous 12 months; perceived weight-control success; future weight-control intentions. Statistical analyses: Pearson's χ² tests were used to compare perceived weight-control success by sex, and by age, education level, initial BMI, amount of weight change and weight-loss behaviour within sex. ANOVA was used to compare mean weight change associated with perceived weight control success within sex, and within age, education, body mass index and weight-loss behaviour by sex. The distribution (frequency) of weight-control intentions are reported within perceived weight-control success and amount of weight change. Results: One in two (53%) reported maintaining their weight within 1kg in the preceding 12 months, 26% of men and 21% of women reported weight gain and 20% of men and 26% of women reported weight loss. Almost one-third (30%) of those who maintained their weight considered themselves unsuccessful. A majority of those who lost weight considered themselves successful at controlling their weight. However, more than 45% of men who gained weight also considered themselves successful. Those who considered themselves unsuccessful experienced less weight loss (1.1 ± 3.9kg) than those who considered themselves quite successful (-1.4 ± 4.5 kg, P < 0.001) or very successful (-1.3 ± 7.8 kg, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Public views of what constitutes successful weight control may need to be reoriented to be consistent with public health goals. Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©Nutrition & Dietetics Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002441 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) 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, 09:53:07 EST Wed, 01 Apr 2009, 08:56:24 EST Fri, 11 Dec 2009, 13:43:04 EST Mon, 04 Dec 2017, 13:33:15 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 13:10:17 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1113 Abstract Views, 276 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:24:49 EST

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