TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic and social-cognitive factors associated with weight loss in overweight, pre-diabetic participants of the PREVIEW study
AU - Hansen, Sylvia
AU - Huttunen-Lenz, Maija
AU - Sluik, Diewertje
AU - Brand-Miller, Jennie
AU - Drummen, Mathijs
AU - Fogelholm, Mikael
AU - Handjieva-Darlenska, Teodora
AU - Macdonald, Ian
AU - Martinez, Alfredo J
AU - Larsen, Thomas Meinert
AU - Poppitt, Sally
AU - Raben, Anne
AU - Schlicht, Wolfgang
N1 - CURIS 2018 NEXS 297
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Purpose: Weight loss has been demonstrated to be a successful strategy in diabetes prevention. Although weight loss is greatly influenced by dietary behaviors, social-cognitive factors play an important role in behavioral determination. This study aimed to identify demographic and social-cognitive factors (intention, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, social support, and motivation with regard to dietary behavior and goal adjustment) associated with weight loss in overweight and obese participants from the PREVIEW study who had pre-diabetes.Method: Prospective correlational data from 1973 adult participants were analyzed. The participants completed psychological questionnaires that assessed social-cognitive variables with regard to dietary behavior. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed to identify baseline demographic and social-cognitive factors associated with weight loss.Results: Overall, being male, having a higher baseline BMI, having a higher income, perceiving fewer disadvantages of a healthy diet (outcome expectancies), experiencing less discouragement for healthy eating by family and friends (social support), and lower education were independently linked to greater weight loss. When evaluating females and males separately, education was no longer associated with weight loss.Conclusion: The results indicate that a supportive environment in which family members and friends avoid discouraging healthy eating, with the application of a strategy that uses specific behavior change techniques to emphasize the benefits of outcomes, i.e., the benefits of a healthy diet, may support weight loss efforts. Weight loss programs should therefore always address the social environment of persons who try to lose body weight because family members and friends can be important supporters in reaching a weight loss goal.
AB - Purpose: Weight loss has been demonstrated to be a successful strategy in diabetes prevention. Although weight loss is greatly influenced by dietary behaviors, social-cognitive factors play an important role in behavioral determination. This study aimed to identify demographic and social-cognitive factors (intention, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, social support, and motivation with regard to dietary behavior and goal adjustment) associated with weight loss in overweight and obese participants from the PREVIEW study who had pre-diabetes.Method: Prospective correlational data from 1973 adult participants were analyzed. The participants completed psychological questionnaires that assessed social-cognitive variables with regard to dietary behavior. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed to identify baseline demographic and social-cognitive factors associated with weight loss.Results: Overall, being male, having a higher baseline BMI, having a higher income, perceiving fewer disadvantages of a healthy diet (outcome expectancies), experiencing less discouragement for healthy eating by family and friends (social support), and lower education were independently linked to greater weight loss. When evaluating females and males separately, education was no longer associated with weight loss.Conclusion: The results indicate that a supportive environment in which family members and friends avoid discouraging healthy eating, with the application of a strategy that uses specific behavior change techniques to emphasize the benefits of outcomes, i.e., the benefits of a healthy diet, may support weight loss efforts. Weight loss programs should therefore always address the social environment of persons who try to lose body weight because family members and friends can be important supporters in reaching a weight loss goal.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Weight loss
KW - Social-cognitive factors
KW - Behavioral determination
KW - Lifestyle intervention
U2 - 10.1007/s12529-018-9744-x
DO - 10.1007/s12529-018-9744-x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30128932
VL - 25
SP - 682
EP - 692
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
SN - 1070-5503
IS - 6
ER -