Research
Adherence
A structured 6-month weight maintenance program following a successful weight loss intervention prevents significant weight regain in worksite participants.
After losing weight, don't assume you're 'cured.' Transition to a maintenance phase with less frequent check-ins (e.g., monthly). This helps you solidify habits without the burden of weekly sessions, preventing the common trap of weight regain.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
No significant weight regain was observed in participants who enrolled in the structured weight-maintenance program (0.5 6 0.7 kg; P = 0.65)
Why this rating
RCT design, but maintenance phase was voluntary (48% reenrollment), potentially introducing selection bias.
Source
Lifestyle intervention reduces body weight and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in worksites
Taylor Salinardi et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2013
DOI 10.3945/ajcn.112.046995
rct · n=133Cited 96×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
More from this paper
- A multicomponent worksite lifestyle intervention combining a reduced-energy, low-glycemic load, high-fiber diet with behavioral education significantly reduces body weight and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese employees.Good
- Employees who do not participate in a worksite weight loss program but are exposed to the intervention environment experience modest weight loss compared to those in control worksites.Moderate
Related findings · Adherence
- Regular physical activity (at least 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity) reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality by 20-30% and lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes by 25-35%.Strong
- Increasing physical activity from a sedentary lifestyle to an active one in middle adulthood significantly reduces the risk of coronary events compared to remaining sedentary.Strong
- Resistance exercise is the only intervention capable of consistently restoring muscle function and strength in sarcopenia, partially overcoming age-related anabolic resistance.Strong
This is one finding among thousands. Every one is graded and traced to its source, so you can see what the evidence actually supports. Browse the research →