AUTHOR=Hernández-Reyes Alberto , Cámara-Martos Fernando , Vidal Ángela , Molina-Luque Rafael , Moreno-Rojas Rafael 

TITLE=Effects of Self-Weighing During Weight Loss Treatment: A 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00397

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00397

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>To examine the effectiveness of self-weighing for weight loss in men for 6 months.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>In the present study, 54 men, mean age of 40.1 ± 11.1 years, with overweight or obesity, were recruited and randomly assigned into two groups: control group (CG), without weight self-monitoring and intervention group (IG), with weight self-monitoring. Both groups received the same nutritional and educational advice and the establishment of a weight target to reach in the weight loss program. Subjects of IG also had individualized motivating content to improve self-management for 24 weeks. Anthropometric indices were measured at baseline and weekly for 24 weeks.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p> When the group assigned after randomization was introduced in the analysis, its influence was significant in weight loss (<italic>F</italic>1.52 = 19.465, ± 2 = 0.272, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001) and in the decrease in body fat percentage (<italic>F</italic>1.52 = 8,306, ± 2 = 0.132, <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Study results indicate that self-weighing can help patients to lose additional weight. Our findings have implications in the emerging area of the behavioral approach of patients undergoing weight-loss treatment, as well as clinical care processes.</p></sec><sec><title>Clinical Trial Registration</title><p><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.ClinicalTrials.gov</ext-link>, identifier NCT04032249.</p></sec>