Americans are able to maintain weight loss
From time to time, in another study that the representation of the average American as an incorrigible yo-yo dieting and dedicated couch potato, but almost six in 10 people maintained their weight loss by 5 percent year on a new study of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Weight maintenance after weight loss can be achieved, said lead author Edward Weiss, a medical epidemiologist at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Nutrition and Physical Activity.Still learning things that are for weight maintenance over time.Unfortunately, they have more to lose weight are more likely to recover, the study now appears online in the July issue of the Journal of Preventive Medicine. The researchers analyzed data collected by
the National Health and Nutrition of 1310 adults aged 20 to 84 years who experienced substantial weight loss of 10 percent of their initial weight. Only 7.6 percent of respondents were still losing weight after one year, according to the authors.Another 33.5 percent by weight again.Putting pounds back on was more common in those who have lost a greater percentage of weight. One possible explanation is that those who are larger percentages of their maximum weight may be lost due to lifestyle changes more difficult to integrate and maintain, the researchers said. Mexican-Americans were more likely than non-Hispanic whites increased in weight again, said the researchers, who noted that this result should be not been previously reported and confirmed. The finding is not
surprising, Dirk Schroeder, associate professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.Food choices offered [in the feeding programs] are not what Hispanics eat, says Schroeder, who co-founded a health information technology for the Hispanic population in 1999.Hispanic dieters are more successful with a cultural program, the tone for the dining room are large and also allows the family meal, said
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