Research
Adherence
Adherence behaviors (attendance, meal replacement use, physical activity minutes) do cluster within treatment groups, suggesting that group norms influence adherence more than they influence final weight loss.
You are more likely to adopt the attendance and activity habits of your group than their final weight loss results. If your group is highly adherent, you are likely to be too. If they are not, you may struggle with adherence. Use this to your advantage by choosing a group with high adherence norms.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
measures of adherence had small/moderate clustering (ICCs of 0.05-0.11)... Clustering of adherence outcomes may be stronger than clustering of weight loss due to the fact that weight loss is under more physiological control than behavioral outcomes.
Why this rating
Robust statistical analysis of adherence metrics across 209 groups.
Source
Do weight loss and adherence cluster within behavioral treatment groups?
Rena R. Wing et al. · Obesity · 2013
rct · n=2329Cited 14×
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