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Self-monitoring behaviors, specifically weighing oneself, are significantly related to maintaining weight loss.
Weighing yourself regularly is a key behavior for keeping weight off. The review found this self-regulatory behavior is significantly related to maintaining weight loss. Use the scale as a tool to stay on track.
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adherence to the self-regulatory behavior of weighing oneself was significantly related to maintaining weight loss, P < .001.
Why this rating
Based on RCT data.
Source
Randomized Clinical Trials of Weight Loss Maintenance
Melanie T. Turk et al. · The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing · 2009
DOI 10.1097/01.jcn.0000317471.58048.32
systematic_reviewCited 261×
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